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ENCHANTRESS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A female sorcerer or magician

Synonyms:

enchantress; witch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

occultist (a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

Synonyms:

Delilah; enchantress; femme fatale; siren; temptress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

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

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 Context examples: 

The enchantress remarked nothing of this, until once Rapunzel said to her: Tell me, Dame Gothel, how it happens that you are so much heavier for me to draw up than the young king’s son—he is with me in a moment.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Rapunzel had magnificent long hair, fine as spun gold, and when she heard the voice of the enchantress she unfastened her braided tresses, wound them round one of the hooks of the window above, and then the hair fell twenty ells down, and the enchantress climbed up by it.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)