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DELILAH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

Synonyms:

Delilah; enchantress; femme fatale; siren; temptress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Delilah" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

fancy woman; kept woman; mistress (an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man)

Domain category:

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

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