lady-killer
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Tony Soprano, the mob boss in “The Sopranos,” was many things: husband, father, animal lover, lady-killer, sociopathic capitalist, pop-culture sensation.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2021
"Gossip Girl's" Ed Westwick is a real lady-killer in "Wicked City," a new crime drama set in early 1980s L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2015
And then there is Louis Patterson Trotmeier IV, a lady-killer whose downfall arrives in the form of a pop star who bears a more than passing resemblance to Madonna.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2015
Along the way, she meets a very contemporary character: Andreas Wolf, professional leaker, lady-killer and fierce rival of Julian Assange.
From Time ● Aug. 19, 2015
So, very shortly, is Nemours, who is represented as an almost irresistible lady-killer, though no libertine, and of the "respectful" order.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury
After all, Mr. Ocean, 24, is a rising star in the hypermasculine world of urban music, where singers cultivate images as lady-killers.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2012
Harvey played handsome, heartless lady-killers in such hits as Butterfield 8 and Darling, and was the brainwashed political assassin of The Manchurian Candidate.
From Time Magazine Archive
The following is a brief encounter with these two ultra stylish lady-killers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beaux, bucks, lady-killers, Johnnies,—all these terms have been applied at different periods to the self-proclaimed fascinator of women, and to-day we will use some one, any of them, rather than that abomination,—masher.
From Stage Confidences by Clara Morris
"He's got it bad this time," said Snorky, remembering that they had a reputation as lady-killers to maintain.
From Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World by Ernest Fuhr
