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Mrs. Robinson en · NOUN

Etymology

Name of a character in Charles Webb's The Graduate (1963) and its film adaptation.

Meanings

  1. (informal) An older woman who seduces a younger man.
    • A Mr. Goodbar crowd (with some Mrs. Robinsons) and the hottest sundown cruising in town for the 40-and-under professional crowd. 1979 November, Texas Monthly, volume 7, number 11:
    • It's no longer the frustrated, outrageous outlet of a "Mrs. Robinson" or the lonely line of the spring of "Mrs. Stone." 1974, Vogue, volume 163, page iii:
    • Most women are seeking to be with a man they can trust to do this for them, so, if you want coaching, fess up, tell her you need a Mrs. Robinson, and you might get lucky. 2008, Xaviera Hollander, Katje van Dijk, The Happy Hooker's Guide to Sex: 69 Orgasmic Ways to Pleasure a Woman:
    • There are the women who fall in love and seduce teenagers, the Mrs. Robinsons. 2007, Chris Hansen, To Catch a Predator:
    • But what about the Mrs. Robinsons? Apart from the ecstasy of sexual union and the joy of being with a perpetually erect, chronically ready young man (admittedly more fun than either jogging or yoghurt), is something else going on? 1988, Barbara Gordon, Jennifer fever: older men/younger women:

Forms

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Mrs. Robinsons Number=Plur lexicographic

Mrs. Robinson en · VERB

Etymology

Name of a character in Charles Webb's The Graduate (1963) and its film adaptation.

Meanings

  1. (slang, transitive) Of a woman, to seduce a younger man.
    • At the time I wrote this, it didn't seem appropriate to mention in The Times that I've ‘got my eye’ on husky-voiced, awkward Marv – Charlie's best friend – and would totally Mrs Robinson him when he reaches the age of majority; some four years hence form his age in the books. 2012, Caitlin Moran, Moranthology, Ebury, page 180:

Forms

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Mrs. Robinsons Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
Mrs. Robinsoned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
Mrs. Robinsoned Tense=Past lexicographic
Mrs. Robinsoning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic