as in womanizer
a man given to seducing women
at the hotel bar she was immediately hit on by the local Don Juan
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Recent Examples of Don Juan
Junot, 17 years her senior, was perceived as a Don Juan, entangled in shady affairs, but for the young princess love evidently overcame all misgivings.
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Monica Coviello, Vanity Fair, 9 Jan. 2026
Don't miss this big Peruvian sandwich Don Juan V’s Peruvian Sandwiches served up the lomo saltado, which includes marinated sirloin strips, onions and tomatoes.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 10 Dec. 2025
Recruiting serious jazz players instead of the usual.A. studio cats, Mitchell spent several years discarding the daily-journal lyric writing and folkish melodies of her early work and wandering into more musically lyrically abstract territory on albums like Mingus and Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Entertainment was headlined by DJ Don Juan and emceed by Charles Jr. Chidi Ohaeri.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Monica Coviello, Vanity Fair, 9 Jan. 2026
Don't miss this big Peruvian sandwich Don Juan V’s Peruvian Sandwiches served up the lomo saltado, which includes marinated sirloin strips, onions and tomatoes.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 10 Dec. 2025
Recruiting serious jazz players instead of the usual.A. studio cats, Mitchell spent several years discarding the daily-journal lyric writing and folkish melodies of her early work and wandering into more musically lyrically abstract territory on albums like Mingus and Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Entertainment was headlined by DJ Don Juan and emceed by Charles Jr. Chidi Ohaeri.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Don Juan
Noun
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Past friends and former associates described him to me as an exceptionally cunning con man, a consummate charmer, and a womanizer.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
3 Apr. 2026
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After years of being known as a womanizer, Barney settled down and married Robin in the show's final season.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That’s probably why class-crossed lovers make such fertile ground for fiction—look at Heathcliff and Cathy, or poor Scudder and Maurice.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Options for 2026 include food cruises that travel through Burgundy and Provence and a 15-day wine lovers cruise on the Rhine and Seine Rivers.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Don Juan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Don%20Juan. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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