lady's man


Contents
1 English
1.1 Alternative forms
1.2 Noun
1.2.1 Synonyms
1.2.2 Translations
English
Alternative forms
- ladies' man
Noun
lady's man (plural lady's men or ladies' men)
(idiomatic) A man who attracts women and enjoys their company.
1850, Herman Melville, White Jacket, ch. 42:- 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.
(idiomatic) A womanizer.
2008, "Klimt And The Golden Art Of Vienna," cbsnews.com, 9 Mar. (retrieved 4 Sep. 2008):- 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.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:libertine
Translations
man who attracts women and enjoys their company
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womanizer — see womanizer