(n) :
the Biblical figure of the Old Testament (Book of Judges, chapter 16), who appears as
Samson's mistress and seduces him into revealing the secret of his superhuman strength, which she then betrays to the Philistines; a beautiful, cunning and treacherous woman; a
femme fatale
"though she is somewhat of a Delilah, she is still considered the heroine of the novel."