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ladies' man

American  
Or lady's man

noun

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


ladies' man British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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]


Etymology

Origin of ladies' man

First recorded in 1775–85


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One was a ladies’ man and one was a partier.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

At the center of this love polygon is the racially mixed jazz trumpeter and ladies’ man Circus Palmer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2022

“He wasn’t a ladies’ man or a charmer.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

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