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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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For the third year, restaurants in Hayward are enticing food lovers with the opportunity to save money while discovering new places and revisiting old favorites.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Leigh Lucas’ book of poetry reckons with the death of a lover.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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By the end of the season, it's finally revealed that Sylvie's paramour is actually the 20-something son of her old friend.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
6 Jan. 2026
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There, Emily will not only be afforded endless opportunities for selfies, but also the chance to work with Marcello (Eugenio Franceschini), her latest paramour.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The same outlet had previously reported that Urban’s been a womanizer for years.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
11 Nov. 2025
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Here, Victor Frankenstein (Ralph Bates) is a posh womanizer and stone-cold sociopath.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Beforehand, as one attendee told me, the mood regarding Trump was distinctly downbeat, with much grumbling over his record as a philanderer and his multiple divorces.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Her dad was known as a community activist and leader, similar to her pastor ex-husband; and also similarly, was known to be a philanderer in his own right.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
22 Dec. 2025
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
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By the time Annie Hall came out, Keaton was already in a relationship with the legendary lothario Warren Beatty.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
26 Dec. 2025
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In a Cinderella-esque twist, that woman is actually a maid named Sophie, who is right under the same roof as our lovestruck lothario.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Lady-killer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lady-killer. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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