seducer

as in tempter
one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire fabled as a land of endless opportunity, California continues to be a seducer of dreamers and doers

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Noun
  • Though stunt men and women had lent their skills, bones and sometimes very lives to the cause of motion picture entertainment, the contributions of the risk takers, daredevils and fate tempters was usually unbilled and little acknowledged.
    Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
  • The men live with a group of single women, known as the temptresses, while the women move in with a group of single men, dubbed the tempters.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Milwaukee's entire siren system is comprised of sirens made by ASC, and at one point, the county had several hundred sirens, Dondajeski said.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 25 July 2025
  • The myth of the siren has captivated storytellers for millennia.
    Kalie Cassidy July 25, Literary Hub, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Signs informing visitors that street parking and solicitors are banned line the small residential community’s streets, which are dotted with speed bumps and radar speed signs.
    Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 15 July 2025
  • The City Council voted 7-0 June 10 to approve an ordinance to reduce the latest time in which peddlers and solicitors can knock on doors, ring doorbells or otherwise try to get admittance at residences from 9 p.m. Gayatri Agnew, Ward 1 City Council member, abstained from voting.
    Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • While her brand takes its name from Greek mythology and reimagines sirens not as dangerous temptresses but as powerful feminine archetypes, the soul of Songs of Siren lies in India's textile heritage.
    Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Snatch Game, ever the cruel underwhelming temptress, may live to dismay another day.
    Chris Feil, Vulture, 4 July 2025
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“Seducer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seducer. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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