ladies' man

American  

Or lady's man

noun

1. a man who strives especially to please women and to attract their attention and admiration.

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ladies' man British  

noun

1. a man who is fond of, attentive to, and successful with women

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ladies' man Idioms  

1. Also lady's man. A man who enjoys and attracts the company of women. For example, Because women seemed to seek him out at parties, Brian got the reputation for being quite a ladies' man. [Late 1700s]

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Etymology

Origin of ladies' man

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

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ladies' man

Greenspan was an enigma: a savvy political operator and ladies’ man who was also an introvert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

"Leslie got it, and he was very good, he was the ladies' man, and I was more the hard man," the 91-year-old actor says.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025

Kissinger was pudgy and messy but incongruously acquired a reputation as a ladies’ man in the staid Nixon administration.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

If Ethan Hawke's wild-eyed abolitionist didn't grab you from the first episode, Daveed Diggs' glorious portrayal of Frederick Douglass as a ladies' man and a pragmatic politician surely should have.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2020

Frank, the fast talker, the ladies’ man, the arranger, studied me for a moment and then set the tray down on the table.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

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