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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
The other was Errol, a darkly handsome lady-killer.
—Graydon Carter, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
Graydon Carter, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
The other was Errol, a darkly handsome lady-killer.
—Graydon Carter, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lady-killer
Noun
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Why bother, when there’s a big and growing market out there for innovative ways to link up pets, pet lovers and new technology?—
Russell Flannery,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Mammoth Lakes Highley has one more must-visit small town to recommend for outdoor lovers: Mammoth Lakes.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Though the killer, Fotis Dulos, took his own life before he could be jailed, and though his accomplice, the paramour Michelle Troconis, has been tried and sentenced to 20 years, Jennifer’s body is still missing.—
Rich Cohen,
Air Mail,
26 July 2025
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As for Hard Rock, if anyone was thinking of bringing a secret paramour to the shows, set for both Saturday and Sunday nights, think again.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
18 July 2025
Noun
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The Duke, a philanderer, has far less interest in mob rule than in chasing skirts.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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This hurt Flora, whose father was a philanderer.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 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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Was Trump born a lecher, or did the environment of his youth create one?—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
23 Oct. 2019
Noun
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Honestly, what could be more French than a pastry chef who is also a lothario who is also a writer who is also a spy?—
Emily Temple
March 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Mar. 2025
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And now the unlikely Hollywood lothario is at again, and taking his talents to Palm Beach.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Lady-killer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lady-killer. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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