lady-killer

American  

[ley-dee-kil-er] / ˈleɪ diˌkɪl ər /

noun

Informal.

1. a man who is irresistible to women or has the reputation for being so.

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lady-killer British  

noun

1. informal  a man who is, or thinks he is, irresistibly fascinating to women

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Other Word Forms

• lady-killing noun

Etymology

Origin of lady-killer

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

The impulse to shift Bond away from suave lady-killer mode and recast him as some kind of tortured romantic hero, while certainly interesting in theory, has not produced any particularly interesting movies.

From Los Angeles Times

Tony Soprano, the mob boss in “The Sopranos,” was many things: husband, father, animal lover, lady-killer, sociopathic capitalist, pop-culture sensation.

From New York Times

One topic often whispered about away from Mr. Jordan’s presence was what a 1992 Post profile called his “reputation as a lady-killer” — which he declined to discuss, except to say, “I like all kinds of people. And I’m not going to stop liking people.”

From Washington Post

“Blond hair, blue eyes — he was a lady-killer,” Mr. Murphy said.

From Washington Times

His skepticism toward feminist literary theory informed his 1979 literary debut, “Confessions of a Lady-Killer,” which New York Times reviewer Mark Shechner described as an irony-laced “study of feminism from the point of view of Jack the Ripper.”

From Washington Post