: a man who lives a life devoted chiefly to the pursuit of pleasure
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She was dating a rich American playboy who was seeing two other women at the same time.
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The actor, who plays Bruce Wayne — the Gotham City billionaire playboy by day and caped vigilante by night, also known as Batman — in the latest live-action iteration of the DC Comics character, is set to return for The Batman: Part II.
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Frank Langella, Dracula (1979) This lush adaptation with a score by John Williams is one of the most overtly erotic, featuring Langella as a dashing playboy Dracula who seduces Harker’s fiancée.
—Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
Bill Murray and Rashida Jones tell the story of a young mother who reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
His younger brother Lapo, an eccentric playboy and fashionista, nearly died from a drug overdose in 2005.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Frank Langella, Dracula (1979) This lush adaptation with a score by John Williams is one of the most overtly erotic, featuring Langella as a dashing playboy Dracula who seduces Harker’s fiancée.
—Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
Bill Murray and Rashida Jones tell the story of a young mother who reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
His younger brother Lapo, an eccentric playboy and fashionista, nearly died from a drug overdose in 2005.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Playboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playboy. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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playboy
noun
play·boy
-ˌbȯi 
: a man whose chief interest is the pursuit of pleasure
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