womanizer
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womanizers
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Etymology
Origin of womanizer
Explanation
If you've ever known a man who can't keep his eyes off every single woman who walks by, you can call him a womanizer — especially if he's constantly handing out his phone number. A womanizer is a man who always seems to have a new girlfriend, and who has no hesitation about starting up a new relationship before he's ended the last one. Usually, these relationships are sexual and don't last long. The noun womanizer comes from the verb womanize, which originally meant "to make effeminate." By the late 1800s, the meaning shifted to mean "to chase women."
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The inclusion of a clone of Mahatma Gandhi, depicted as a party animal and a womanizer, led to protests and hunger strikes, ultimately getting the plug pulled on the show.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Bernheim deployed his strangely mesmerizing, bifurcated technique to embody a womanizer who is ultimately obsessed with his own desires.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
Don Draper was as charming as the ads he wrote, but he was a chronic womanizer, a lousy dad and a subpar boss.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2021
“He was certainly a womanizer, and he certainly ate too much. But he was not an alcoholic, and he had more to do with that play than that film gives him credit for.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2021
Burr’s reputation as a notorious womanizer or as a lavish spender who always managed to stay one step ahead of his creditors did not trouble Hamilton.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
She is also pitied because of her impulsive marriage to Vadinho, one of the great gamblers and womanizers in all Brazil.
From Time Magazine Archive
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