: a man who lives a life devoted chiefly to the pursuit of pleasure
Examples of playboy in a Sentence
She was dating a rich American playboy who was seeing two other women at the same time.
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The courtroom days have repeatedly touched on his penchant for payback, his love of fixers to defend him, his obsession with being seen as a playboy, his business practices at what is essentially a mom-and-pop company.
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Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 25 May 2024
The film opens in 1973, when Trump (Sebastian Stan) is a 27-year-old playboy who’s vice president of his father’s real-estate company.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 May 2024
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Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 25 May 2024
The film opens in 1973, when Trump (Sebastian Stan) is a 27-year-old playboy who’s vice president of his father’s real-estate company.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 May 2024
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“Playboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playboy. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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playboy
noun
play·boy
-ˌbȯi 
: a man whose chief interest is the pursuit of pleasure
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