lover boy
noun
informal
: a man who is a woman's lover or who has sexual relations with many women
an actress and her lover boy
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The film traces the journey of the heroine’s rebellion juxtaposed with the hero’s transformation into a lover boy.
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Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The confident rapper, R&B singer, indie-rock admirer, and lover boy of 2009’s So Far Gone was the better part of a decade in the making.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Bet lover boy would like that, Raul said, winking at me.
—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
Valentine’s Day might be a little less than a month away, but Common, ever the lover boy, wasted no time in lavishing praise and adoration onto his girlfriend.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 22 Jan. 2024
The lead song off Sincerely, Montana has the West Palm Beach spitter in full lover boy mode.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 16 Feb. 2024
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Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The confident rapper, R&B singer, indie-rock admirer, and lover boy of 2009’s So Far Gone was the better part of a decade in the making.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Bet lover boy would like that, Raul said, winking at me.
—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
Valentine’s Day might be a little less than a month away, but Common, ever the lover boy, wasted no time in lavishing praise and adoration onto his girlfriend.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 22 Jan. 2024
The lead song off Sincerely, Montana has the West Palm Beach spitter in full lover boy mode.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 16 Feb. 2024
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“Lover boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lover%20boy. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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