seductress

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It's the voice of a 50s seductress, a 60s chanteuse, an 80s rock chick, or even a cowgirl balladeer.

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  • So he no longer saw her as a sexy seductress, a proud Boadicea to his Roman general, but an object of pity? —  MistressforaWeekend
  • She the seductress, her own marriage a wreck, me the hapless victim. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • However skilled Mrs. Ford may be as a seductress, I am entirely unlikely to indulge in any form of conversation once our coupling is over. —  Prince of the Night
  • Was it the seductress, the Cleopatra, the Delilah? —  Magazine - Future Orbits - [Vol 02] - Issue 03 - June-July 2002
  • She usually plays as an empowering, independent, seductress-type of woman.
 

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/səˈdəktrɛs/
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