• enchauntress,inchantress(both obsolete)

FromMiddle Englishenchaunteresse, fromOld Frenchenchanteresse; equivalent toenchanter +‎-ess.

• (General American)IPA^(key):/ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɹɪs/,/ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɹɪs/,/-ɹəs/
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ɪnˈtʃɑːntɹɪs/,/ɛnˈtʃɑːntɹɪs/,/-ɹəs/

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enchantress (pluralenchantresses)

1. A woman, especially an attractive one, skilled at usingmagic; analluringwitch.
   • 1590,Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, inThe Faerie Queene. […], London:[…] [John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC, stanza 51,page201:

     Him fortuned (hard fortune ye may gheſſe)
     To come, where vileAcraſia doeswonne [live],
     Acraſia a falſeenchauntereſſe,
     That many errant knightes hath fowle fordonne:[…]

   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed,The Black Art, London: Long, page25:

     The tablets upon which the events of the day were recorded refer toenchantresses, and we can conclude that they were by no means restricted to ancient beldames.

2. Abeautiful,charming andirresistible woman.

   She was theenchantress of men’s hearts.

3. Afemme fatale.

   His desire for thatenchantress led him to financial ruin.

• (alluring witch):siren,sorceress
• (beautiful woman):SeeThesaurus:beautiful woman
• (femme fatale):SeeThesaurus:vamp