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Delilah
DEFINITIONS OF:
Delilah
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n
(Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength
Example of:
fancy woman
,
kept woman
,
mistress
an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
n
a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
Synonyms:
enchantress
,
femme fatale
,
siren
,
temptress
Type of:
adult female
,
woman
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
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