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Added 10 October 2026

tempter

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about tempter at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A person who tempts others.
Satan is the great tempter of mankind

Origin

From Middle English tempter, temptere, temptour, temptoure, from Old French tempter, temptere, tenteor, Anglo-Norman tempteour, temptur and Middle English tempten (“to tempt”); equivalent to tempt + -er.

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