lady-killer:

Or: ladykiller , a man (reputed to be) sexually irresistible to women, a successful seducer of many women. In The Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage (1991) Rosalie Maggio objects to the use of this sexist word ' because there is no equivalent for a woman and because of the use of "lady " ' and for other reasons; she recommends instead: popular/successful with the women/the men. See ladies'-man and philanderer for synonyms.

QUOTE: The sheriff and Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn) speaking of David Huxley (Cary Grant) in Bringing Up Baby (1938):
-- Sheriff: ' Oh! So he's a lady-killer?! '
-- Susan: ' A lady-killer?! Why he's a regular Don Swan. (...) He bops them over, one, two, three, boom. Just like that. He's a wolf .'

See Also: bean-jacks, belle boy, boomer, buttock-clingers, Chief Boot Knocka, cockish wench, demoiselle, erotocrat, feminine heart pumper, God's gift to women, heart breaker-upper, heart-crusher, heart-smasher, high-voltage sheik, hot flame, killer, king of clubs, knave of hearts, ladies' cherce, ladies' choice, lady-killer, ladybug, lounge beetle, lounge lizard, love pirate, love thief, man of affairs, panty raid, parlor lizard, popular with the ladies, powder-room, proper Casanova, a, queener, Sheik, smooth operator, spark, sparker, squaw man, streetwalking, studhammer, sugar-cookie, supper-jet, tea-hound, thriller, walk the streets, woman's home companion, young blade, young buck

Quotes Containing lady-killer:
The local sheriff and Susan (Katharine Hepburn) about David (Cary Grant) in Bringing Up Baby (1938): - The Sheriff: ''Oh! So he''s a lady-killer?!'' - Susan Vance: ''A lady-killer?! Why he''s a regular Don Swan. (...) He bops them over, one, two, three, boom. Just like that. He''s a wolf .''

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