English noun: Delilah | |||
1. | Delilah (person) (Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength | ||
Instance hypernym | fancy woman, kept woman, mistress | ||
Domain category | Old Testament | ||
2. | Delilah (person) a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive | ||
Synonyms | enchantress, femme fatale, siren, temptress | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adult female, woman | ||