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tempter Definition

tempter (temp′tər)

noun

a person who tempts

Etymology: ME temptour < MFr tempteur < L temptator, tempter, in LL(Ec), Satan

tempter Idioms

the Tempter

the Devil; Satan

tempter Synonyms

tempter

n.

seducer, charmer, prompter; see lecher.

tempter Usage Examples

Possessives

  • power: Why should I fear the darkest hour, Or tremble at the tempter's power?

Preposition: of

  • man: Note Ambition is the first curse: the great tempter of the man who is rising above his fellows.

Adjective modifier

  • little: However, the nice little tempter of ' expanded edition ' is a bit hollow on close inspection.
tempter Quotes

Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

—Bible (NewTestament)