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Recent Examples of lady-killer
The other was Errol, a darkly handsome lady-killer.
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Graydon Carter, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
The other was Errol, a darkly handsome lady-killer.
—Graydon Carter, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
Graydon Carter, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
The other was Errol, a darkly handsome lady-killer.
—Graydon Carter, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lady-killer
Noun
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Here are five must-see spots for literature fiends in Istanbul: Pera Palace Hotel Pera Palace is most well-known for literature lovers as the hotel where Agatha Christie allegedly wrote Murder on the Orient Express.—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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And that’s where many younger Millennials and Gen Z music lovers first fell in love with the artform.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Each Reacher season has given our abnormally large vigilante hobo an statistically ordinary, human-size paramour.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2025
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Hopefully, your paramour will take a hint and follow suit.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This hurt Flora, whose father was a philanderer.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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Just three seasons into his tenure on Saturday Night Live, the sparky 27-year-old has become a clear fan favorite—especially since debuting the smooth-talking, goateed philanderer Domingo last fall.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
17 Jan. 2025
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Released on March 24, 1971, the conceptual song cycle of a poetic middle-aged lecher crashing his Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost and subsequently romancing the teenage Nelson, profoundly impacted everyone from Beck to Air, Portishead to Pulp.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
19 Mar. 2021
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Was Trump born a lecher, or did the environment of his youth create one?—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
23 Oct. 2019
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And now the unlikely Hollywood lothario is at again, and taking his talents to Palm Beach.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
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Then there was Barney Stinson, the philandering lothario ultimately brought to life by Neil Patrick Harris.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Lady-killer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lady-killer. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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