ladies' man:
Or: lady's-man : 1. A man who enjoys and attracts the company of women; an erotocrat .
SYNONYMS: belle-boy ; boomer ; Casanova (casanova); Chief-Boot-Knocka ; feminine-heart-pumper ; gallant ; God's-gift-to-women ; great-lover ; heartbreaker ; heart-breaker-upper ; heart-crusher ; heart-smasher ; high-voltage-sheik ; hotcha ; hot-flame ; king-of-clubs ; knave-of-hearts ; ladies'-choice ; ladies'-cherce ; lady-killer ; ladybug ; Lothario ; lounge-beetle ; lounge-lizard ; love-pirate ; lover ; man-of-affairs ; parlor-lizard ; playboy ; popular-with-the-ladies ; queener ; Romeo ; sheik; smooth-operator ; smoothie ; spark ; sparker ; squaw-man ; sugar-cookie ; supper-jet ; tea-hound ; thriller ; wolf ; woman's-home-companion ; young-blade ; young-buck .
SEE ALSO: philanderer .
QUOTES:
(1) Carmen Navarro (Carmen Miranda) and her fiance Lionel Deveraux (Groucho Marx) in Copacabana (1947):
-- Carmen: ' Why are you always chasing women? '
-- Lionel: ' I'll tell you as soon as I catch one .'
(2) Capt. Henri Rochard (Cary Grant) and Lt. Catherine Gates (Ann Sheridan) speaking of her admirer in I Was a Male War Bride (1949):
-- Henri: ' I think he's stuck-on you. What's the matter with him? '
-- Catherine: ' It's only natural that you wouldn't understand, Henri .'
-- Henri: ' It certainly is .'
-- Catherine: ' You see , you chase after anything in skirts, anything. They're all the same to you. But lots of men can tell them apart. Believe me, sometimes they find one they like better than the others. That's called love . You probably haven't experienced it but you must have read about it somewhere .'
(3) Capt. Henri Rochard (Cary Grant) and Lt. Catherine Gates (Ann Sheridan) speaking of her admirer in I Was a Male War Bride (1949):
-- Henri: ' Why did you say I run-after everything in skirts? '
-- Catherine: ' I didn't .'
-- Henri: ' You did .'
-- Catherine: ' I said anything .'
-- Henri: ' American women! '
2. A man who strives for the attention and admiration of women.
3. A man who pursues women; a woman-chaser .
Synonyms: belle-boy, boomer, Casanova (casanova), Chief-Boot-Knocka, feminine-heart-pumper, gallant, God's-gift-to-women, great-lover, heartbreaker, heart-breaker-upper, heart-crusher, heart-smasher, high-voltage-sheik, hotcha, hot-flame, king-of-clubs, knave-of-hearts, ladies'-choice, ladies'-cherce, lady-killer, ladybug, Lothario, lounge-beetle, lounge-lizard, love-pirate, lover, man-of-affairs, parlor-lizard, playboy, popular-with-the-ladies, queener, Romeo, sheik, smooth-operator, smoothie, spark, sparker, squaw-man, sugar-cookie, supper-jet, tea-hound, thriller, wolf, woman's-home-companion, young-blade, young-buck
See Also: ball gown, bean-jacks, belle boy, big conk, big cock, bitches' blinds, black widow, boomer, bow window, brother starling, burglar, buttock-clingers, Casanova, Chief Boot Knocka, claim jumper, cockish wench, demoiselle, diamond-digger, dragon lady, erotocrat, feminine heart pumper, gallant, gay deceiver, God's gift to women, heart breaker-upper, heart-crusher, heart-smasher, heartbreaker, high-voltage sheik, hit and run guy, hot flame, hotcha, jazzbo, kidney wiper, king of clubs, knave of hearts, ladies' cherce, ladies' choice, ladies' man, lady's man, lady-killer, lady-love, ladybug, ladys best friend, ladys friend, lollipop, lollypop, Lothario, lounge beetle, lounge lizard, love pirate, love thief, lover, mack, man of affairs, men's lib, panty raid, parlor lizard, playboy, popular with the ladies, powder-room, proper Casanova, a, prostitute, prune person, queener, riding in another mans saddle, Romeo, seducer, Sheik, smooth operator, smoothie, spark, sparker, spider lady, squaw man, street girl, street walker, street whore, street worker, streetwalker, streetwalking, studhammer, sugar-cookie, supper-jet, tea-hound, three-inch fool, thriller, tightie whities, titty bug, uptown gal, usurper, vampire, walk the streets, wolf, woman's home companion, young blade, young buck
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