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 • Oct. 10, 2021

His leadership bona fides were equally laughable, having presided over bankrupt casinos and failed real-estate projects, fabricated the persona of a lady-killer, and created a reality TV show about a tin-pot entrepreneur.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2018

Then he played the lady-killer in “Pride and Prejudice,” Joe Wright’s adaptation of the Jane Austen romance, starring opposite Keira Knightley.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2018

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

"Oh, but Mr. Rivers is not; he is young, handsome, agreeable, witty, a regular lady-killer, and worth nobody knows how much."

From Sharing Her Crime by Fleming, May Agnes