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womanizer

American  
[woom-uh-nahy-zer] / ˈwʊm əˌnaɪ zər /
especially British, womaniser

noun

  1. a philanderer.


Etymology

Origin of womanizer

First recorded in 1920–25; womanize + -er 1

Example Sentences

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They’ve been reunited by the death of their father, Ben, an unreliable womanizer who made his boys and their mothers miserable, though he was well-liked by seemingly everybody else.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2022

Don Draper was as charming as the ads he wrote, but he was a chronic womanizer, a lousy dad and a subpar boss.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2021

It’s an interesting performance that nevertheless transforms Casanova to the point that he is no longer a believable womanizer.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2021

Suppose, 50 years hence, the consensus of the moment is that Martin Luther King Jr. was a womanizer and a misogynist?

From Washington Times • Sep. 30, 2020

Burr’s reputation as a notorious womanizer or as a lavish spender who always managed to stay one step ahead of his creditors did not trouble Hamilton.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis