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

Derived 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

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

Along the way, she meets a very contemporary character: Andreas Wolf, professional leaker, lady-killer and fierce rival of Julian Assange.

From Time • Aug. 19, 2015

But for the accident of birth, Mr. Pisaroni’s Leporello would be the nobleman and lady-killer.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2011

A man cannot be all things at once; "the philosopher and the lady-killer," as James merrily remarks, "could not very well keep house in the same tenement of clay."

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin