playboy

[ pley-boi ]

/ ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ /

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noun

a man who pursues a life of pleasure without responsibility or attachments, especially one who is of comfortable means.

Nearby words

playacting, playback, playback head, playbill, playbook, playboy, playboy of the western world, the, playbroker, playclothes, playday, playdown

Origin of playboy

First recorded in 1620–30; play + boy

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What Happened To Director Martin Brest By Matt Patches, Playboy He directed Beverly Hills Cop, Midnight Run and, yes, Gigli.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Dec 22-28, 2014|William Boot|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Back in 2001, that “definition” of female beauty basically fell into two categories: Playboy chic, or heroin chic.
Masters of Alt Sex: SuicideGirls Hits Puberty and Wants to Invade Your TV Set|Marlow Stern|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
VICTORIA VALENTINO (1970) The former Playboy Playmate met Cosby in 1970 at Café Figaro, a restaurant the comedian co-owned.
Bill Cosby’s Long List of Accusers (So Far): 18 Alleged Sexual Assault Victims Between 1965-2004|Marlow Stern|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before she headlined the Playboy resorts, Joan Rivers was the funny gal in a spirited trio that played in hip nightclubs.
Joan Rivers: The Playboy Bunnies Weren’t Sluts!|Patty Farmer|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The Playboy publicity posters for the act called them “a spirited trio.”
Joan Rivers: The Playboy Bunnies Weren’t Sluts!|Patty Farmer|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Thus, for instance, is the question of Synge's Playboy handled.
Studies of Contemporary Poets|Mary C. Sturgeon
In The Playboy he seemed to be determined to write riotously, like a man straining after vitality.
Old and New Masters|Robert Lynd
A Playboy is someone with power, too much time on his hands, and too little sense of a goal worth achieving.
The Players|Everett B. Cole
Following the alluring drumstick, Playboy burst into the passage, towing me after him on the rope.
The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920|Various

British Dictionary definitions for playboy

playboy

/ (ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ) /

noun

a man, esp one of private means, who devotes himself to the pleasures of nightclubs, expensive holiday resorts, female company, etc

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

Word Origin and History for playboy

playboy

1829, "wealthy bon vivant," from play (v.) + boy. Fem. equivalent playgirl first recorded 1934. As the name of a U.S. based magazine for men, from December 1953.

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