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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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Picture a waterfront bustling with bobbing fishing boats and the air tinged with the scent of fresh seafood, as San Hing Praya Street and Pak She Praya Road dish out alfresco dining scenes straight out of a sunset lover's dream.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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Under a sprawling white tent on Miami Beach, thousands of food lovers gathered Saturday to eat, drink and celebrate in style.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In a wry comment on the hazards of fame, Carpenter and fans are seen in the last seconds of the ad eating the remains of the potato-chip paramour.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2026
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Cut to a massive stadium packed with fans, and Pepsi logos, and a hilarious re-creation of the Coldplay kiss-cam fiasco as the male bear hugs his pop paramour from behind, wrapping his arms around her as the both hold cans.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Sandro Petraglia’s script characterizes him as a dashing rogue out of his depth, an artistic genius in an illicit trade, a disco-loving womanizer, all of which Castellitto performs with confidence.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
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The same outlet had previously reported that Urban’s been a womanizer for years.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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There were, and are, persistent rumors that Bill Paley was a philanderer, rumors fictionalized and retold, in print and on television, like a game of telephone, the facts becoming murkier in each retelling.—
Belle Burden,
Vanity Fair,
6 Jan. 2026
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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
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
Noun
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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 23 Feb. 2026.
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