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Prince Charming

noun

(sometimes lowercase) a man who embodies a woman's romantic ideal.
a man who avidly seeks the attention and affections of women; ladies' man.

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Casanova, libertine, debaucher, playboy, rake, philanderer, Romeo, lover, wolf, stud, charmer, heartbreaker, Lothario, seducer, womanizer, lady-killer, sheik, lurer, tempter

Origin of Prince Charming

1840–50; on the pattern of earlier King Charming, ultimately translation (with word order unchanged) of French Roi Charmant, the hero of a fairy tale by the Comtesse Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy (circa 1650–1705)
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