Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man considered to be extremely attractive to women.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man supposed to be dangerously fascinating to women as a real or pretended lover; one whose fascinations are potent; a general lover.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A gallant who captivates the hearts of women.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun colloquial A man unusually attractive to women.
- noun colloquial An uncaring
womanizer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man who takes advantage of women
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Examples
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Standouts: Mark Strong (Jim Prideaux), breaking his usual typecasting, speaks volumes with his eyes; Tom Hardy (Ricky Tarr) is as feral as the young Brando; John Hurt (Control) pulses with obsession and choler, wreathed in whisky fumes and cigarette smoke; and Benedict Cumberbatch (Peter Guillam), here shown as a closeted homosexual rather than a lady-killer, is a reluctant but conscientious convert to Smiley's philosophy.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011
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Standouts: Mark Strong (Jim Prideaux), breaking his usual typecasting, speaks volumes with his eyes; Tom Hardy (Ricky Tarr) is as feral as the young Brando; John Hurt (Control) pulses with obsession and choler, wreathed in whisky fumes and cigarette smoke; and Benedict Cumberbatch (Peter Guillam), here shown as a closeted homosexual rather than a lady-killer, is a reluctant but conscientious convert to Smiley's philosophy.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011
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And of course there can never be enough of Neil Patrick Harris in self-mocking, lady-killer mode.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: Donwton Abbey Has Gone Down, Down, Down in Quality Michael Giltz 2012
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What it says about him: He's a killer — a lady-killer!
Eli Manning vs. Tom Brady: What Do Their Favorite TV Shows Say About Them? 2012
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And of course there can never be enough of Neil Patrick Harris in self-mocking, lady-killer mode.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: Donwton Abbey Has Gone Down, Down, Down in Quality Michael Giltz 2012
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And of course there can never be enough of Neil Patrick Harris in self-mocking, lady-killer mode.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: Donwton Abbey Has Gone Down, Down, Down in Quality Michael Giltz 2012
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The stuff you read about me in the papers and books, about me being a lady-killer, is all wrong.
Chapter XVIII 2010
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Of all unlikely things, to have the reputation of being a lady-killer, -- he, Burning Daylight, -- and to have a woman kill herself out of love for him.
Chapter VI 2010
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And of course there can never be enough of Neil Patrick Harris in self-mocking, lady-killer mode.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: Donwton Abbey Has Gone Down, Down, Down in Quality Michael Giltz 2012
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And of course there can never be enough of Neil Patrick Harris in self-mocking, lady-killer mode.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: Donwton Abbey Has Gone Down, Down, Down in Quality Michael Giltz 2012
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