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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1584-1602
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(Seductour,) Seductor, n.1. Also: seducter, -eur, -ur. [e.m.E. seductor (Caxton), -our (1491), OF seduitor, MF seducteur, (c1155 and c1370 in Larousse), L. sēductor a misleader, seducer; cf. Seduce v. and Seduction n.] = Seduce(a)r n.1 — 1584 Melvill 193.
As be thir divelishe seductors [Calderwood IV 157 -ers] it is abusit to execut all kynd of violence against the guid men of the land 1588 King Catechism 111.
That we diligentlie flie from vthers [sc. than those lawfully ordained] as fra our enimies and contagious seductors 1602 Colville Paraenese Ep. 15.
Thair saulles [being] inuironit vith so many contrarius and crafty seducturs 1602 Colville Paraenese Ep. 16.
I haue vrittin vnto tham a small treatise not as a seducteur by sueit vords to drau thame to my opinion bot [etc.]
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