# seductor
## English
### Alternative forms

* seductour (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle English seductor, seductour, from Middle French seducteur, from Latin sēductor.

### Noun

seductor (plural seductors)
* (obsolete) One who seduces.

#### Synonyms

* seducer

### References

* ↑ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Sedu·ctor”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 2 (S–Sh), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 376, column 2: “a. OF. seducteur, ad. L. sēductor, agent-noun f. sēdūcĕre: see Seduce and -or.”

### Anagrams

* eductors

## Latin
### Etymology

From sēdūcō (“lead astray, seduce”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent suffix).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /seːˈduk.tor/, [s̠eːˈd̪ʊkt̪ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /seˈduk.tor/, [seˈd̪ukt̪or]

### Noun

sēductor m (genitive sēductōris, feminine sēductrīx); third declension
* seducer

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Related terms

* sēdūcō
* sēductrix

### References

* “seductor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* seductor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* seductour

### Etymology

From Middle French seducteur, from Latin sēductor.

### Noun

seductor
* seducer
** 1490, “Capitulo xvj”, in William Caxton, transl., edited by M[athew] T[ewart] Culley and F[rederick] J[ames] Furnivall, Caxton’s Eneydos, 1490, Englisht from the French Liure des Eneydes, 1483, London: Published for the Early English Text Society by N. Trübner & Co., […] , published 1890, page 60, lines 30–33:The whiche seductor of ladies, as parys that enwedded y$^e$ fayr heleyne, kepeth himself in maner as a woman, in their companye, wyth his longe heres that he maketh to be enoynted & kemed […](please add an English translation of this quotation)
** a. 1492, “Of saynt Apolonyon Religyous & martyr. begynnyng in latyn ¶ Trade hant ergo / Caplm xix.”, in Wyllyam Caxton, transl., Vitas Patrum, Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, published 1495, folio xxii, recto:[…] one namyd Phylemon. whyche was moche amyable & debonayr to ye peple. & called hỹſelf ſeductour & deceyour of the peple / […](please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Related terms

* seduct

#### Descendants

* English: seductor

### References

* M[athew] T[ewart] Culley and F[rederick] J[ames] Furnivall, editors (1890), Caxton’s Eneydos, 1490, Englisht from the French Liure des Eneydes, 1483, London: Published for the Early English Text Society by N. Trübner & Co., […] , page 185: “Seductor, sb. seducer, 60/30.”
* ↑ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Sedu·ctor”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 2 (S–Sh), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 376, column 2: “a. OF. seducteur, ad. L. sēductor, agent-noun f. sēdūcĕre: see Seduce and -or.”

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seduɡˈtoɾ/ [se.ð̞uɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: se‧duc‧tor

### Adjective

seductor (feminine seductora, masculine plural seductores, feminine plural seductoras)
* seductive
    Synonyms: seductivo, cautivante

### Noun

seductor m (plural seductores, feminine seductora, feminine plural seductoras)
* seducer

#### Related terms

* seducir

### Further reading

* “seductor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10