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playboy

[pley-boi] / ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ /


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The 41-year-old royal misfit has long struggled with the monarchy's strictures, shaking off the angry young man and "playboy prince" tags only to find himself at loggerheads with his closest relatives.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

Or maybe he was a playboy, and she was a self-respecting career girl.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

"As far as everybody's concerned, you're a playboy," she told him, accusing him of "parading" his relationships with people including British supermodel Naomi Campbell.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

Jarvis, the fictional AI from Marvel, was once known for helping billionaire playboy turned superhero Tony Stark save the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

He had a bevy of female admirers — but also a coterie of critics, who considered him a dandy and a playboy.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Paul was “one of the most gregarious playboys in New York City,” according to biographer Frank Brady, author of “The Publisher,” and Paul and William Randolph Hearst were regulars at New York nightclubs.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

It’s a release created in SEO heaven: three of the buzziest playboys in music record a song and name it after one of the hottest genres in the world.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2023

Until his social media ban, Tate was operating something called Hustler University, which promised, for $49 a month, to turn his audience into rich playboys, as he presents himself to be.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2022

It was in the early years after he left the White House that his friendships with wealthy playboys became tabloid fodder.

From New York Times Jul. 26, 2016

He worships the vuvv playboys he works for.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson




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