Lothario
Americannoun
PLURAL
Lothariosnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of Lothario
After the young seducer in Nicholas Rowe's play The Fair Penitent (1703)
Example Sentences
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It also undermines his lifelong effort to portray himself as an irresistible Lothario and sexual dynamo.
From Salon
The family man whose long list of young companions, especially at so-called Bunga Bunga bacchanals, both scandalized the country and endeared him to aspiring Lotharios.
From New York Times
In large part because of his insatiable need to present as a Lothario, Trump also keeps pretending that various alleged victims aren't hot enough to earn his violent attention.
From Salon
Samba, as the story’s emotional fulcrum and bookish Lothario, makes Camille both mellow and magnetic, someone whose sensitivity and openness to the many women passing through his life can be both vice and virtue.
From Los Angeles Times
Her maternal grandfather, a bipolar Texas Lothario who was married at least 10 times, was shot in the stomach by one of his wives, and her maternal great-grandfather killed a man with a hay hook.
From Los Angeles Times
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