Baiter

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person that attracts or entices individuals through appealing lures or offers An individual who prompts others to engage by presenting attractive or tempting options Someone who employs enticing strategies to draw in other people through various means of allure
2. A person who sets bait to lure animals or fish for capture or study
3. An individual who places attractive items to draw creatures in for catching or observation

Etymology: The word is a plain English formation: "bait" plus the agent suffix "-er," meaning one who baits. The verb "bait" descends from Old Norse "beita," meaning "to cause to bite" or "to feed," a causative of "bíta," "to bite." It reached English through Middle English "bayte," which is why the sense of tempting or enticing sits close to the sense of feeding a creature so it bites. The suffix has a longer ancestry. "-er" traces back through Old French "-ier," Latin "-arius," and Proto-Italic forms, and Old English "-ere" already carried the same job of naming people by what they do. The noun "baiter" is therefore built from a Norse-derived verb and an English agent ending, joined together in English.

Synonyms: lurer, enticer, temptress, seducer, provoker

Antonyms: repellent, deterrent, discourager, disincentive, aversion