lady-killer
Americannoun
-
lady-killers
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Etymology
Origin of lady-killer
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
"Gossip Girl's" Ed Westwick is a real lady-killer in "Wicked City," a new crime drama set in early 1980s L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2015
And then there is Louis Patterson Trotmeier IV, a lady-killer whose downfall arrives in the form of a pop star who bears a more than passing resemblance to Madonna.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2015
There have been glimpses—when he takes Joan out for drinks after she’s served with divorce papers, the old lady-killer don seems to be out in force.
From Time ● May 21, 2012
But for the accident of birth, Mr. Pisaroni’s Leporello would be the nobleman and lady-killer.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2011
In the midst of her own confusion and embarrassment she could not help smiling at the shy, penitent air of one who was usually such a self-confident lady-killer.
From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II by Paul Heyse
After all, Mr. Ocean, 24, is a rising star in the hypermasculine world of urban music, where singers cultivate images as lady-killers.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2012
The following is a brief encounter with these two ultra stylish lady-killers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Harvey played handsome, heartless lady-killers in such hits as Butterfield 8 and Darling, and was the brainwashed political assassin of The Manchurian Candidate.
From Time Magazine Archive
The two lady-killers at the window heard the words and nudged one another, with a stifled chuckle at their comrade's predicament.
From The Wild Geese by Stanley John Weyman
But he was no deceiver, no flirt, like the lady-killers who used to come to the Palazzo to bow over Lucia's hand and eye each other with that half hostile, half knowing swagger.
From The Innocent Adventuress by Mary Hastings Bradley
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
