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lady's man en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) A man who attracts women and enjoys their company.
   • You know, Karen, I may not look much like a lady's man, but many a gal has cried when I left. 1940, John Lee Mahin, Boom Town (motion picture), spoken by Jonathan Sand (Spencer Tracy):
   • Oh the gals won't leave me alone / I have to disconnect my phone / That's how it is when you're a lady's man 1952, Cy Coben, “Lady's Man”, performed by Hank Snow:
   • This promenading was chiefly patronised by the marines, and particularly by Colbrook, a remarkably handsome and very gentlemanly corporal among them. He was a complete lady's man; with fine black eyes, bright red cheeks, glossy jet whiskers, and a refined organisation of the whole man. 1850, Herman Melville, chapter 42, in White Jacket:
2. (idiomatic) A womanizer.
   • He was the most celebrated portrait painter of his day, a notorious ladies' man, obsessed with women, pale beauties dressed in extravagant gowns . . . or nothing at all. 2008 March 9, “Klimt And The Golden Art Of Vienna”, in cbsnews.com, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2008:

Forms

Synonyms

rantipole · rake · seducer · gallant · debaucher · wanton · philanderer · rizzler · chamberer · hood rat · fornicator · lewdster · adulterer · lecher · debauchee · player · voluptuary · carpetmonger · libertine · squire of dames · roué · bed-hopper

Translations (14)

fi naistenmies (man who attracts women and enjoys their company) · fa دخپسر (man who attracts women and enjoys their company) · ru да́мский уго́дник (man who attracts women and enjoys their company) · ja 色男 (man who attracts women and enjoys their company) · fr homme à femmes (man who attracts women and enjoys their company) · no damenes jens (man who attracts women and enjoys their company) · pl zdobywca serc (man who attracts women and enjoys their company) · de Frauenheld (man who attracts women and enjoys their company) · mk женкар (man who attracts women and enjoys their company) · ru кавале́р (man who attracts women and enjoys their company) · de Weiberheld (man who attracts women and enjoys their company) · cmn 討女人喜歡的男子 /讨女人喜欢的男子 (man who attracts women and enjoys their company) · sq gruar (man who attracts women and enjoys their company) · sv kvinnokarl (man who attracts women and enjoys their company)