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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
Graydon Carter, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lady-killer
Noun
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Despite his hardened outlook on Heis, Rema remains a lover at heart.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2025
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The must-read Just under a two-hour drive northwest from L.A., the Ojai Valley offers outdoors lovers an opportunity to unwind and reconnect with the world around them.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This jump-scene storytelling is certainly mechanically efficient; what is missing is any sense of connection between the sleek, affluent Jennifer and her young paramour.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
15 Feb. 2025
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Like an evasive paramour, the Louvre may not always seem to be interested in a relationship.—
Elaine Sciolino,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Naming a proud state after such a philanderer is a royal embarrassment today.—
Nick Thomas,
Hartford Courant,
30 Jan. 2025
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All that, plus Liev Schreiber as a pill-popping philanderer named Tag, Dakota Fanning in pregnancy prosthetics, and Donna Lynne Champlin as the beleaguered detective trying to solve the murder.—
Tanya Melendez,
EW.com,
2 Nov. 2024
Noun
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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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The bawdy comic story lines are well-performed, most prominently by Brian Ibsen as the pompous lecher, Lucio.—
Philip Brandes,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Oct. 2019
Noun
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Despite being a lothario on wax, he’s kept a low-key romantic profile.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2025
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The duo’s insecurities and love play off each other well; two lotharios being humbled by love.—
Dylan Green,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2024
Cite this Entry
“Lady-killer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lady-killer. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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