ladies' man

ladies' man
   a man who delights in the company of women
   A slightly derogatory use by other males who may not share his dress sense or his ability to show interest in every topic of female conversation. He may also be a profligate:
    Blarney was a big 57-year-old who liked to wear a broad-brimmed bush hat and seemed to enjoy his reputation as a ladies' man. (Deighton, 1993 — General Blarney commanded the Australian forces in the Middle East between 1940 and 1942)

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  • ladies' man — also lady s man n [singular] old fashioned a man who likes to spend time with women, and thinks they enjoy being with him …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ladies' man — (also lady s man) ► NOUN informal ▪ a man who enjoys spending time and flirting with women …   English terms dictionary

  • Ladies' man — A ladies man is a male seducer of women.Ladies Man may also refer to: * The Ladies Man , a 1961 Jerry Lewis film * Ladies Man (TV series), sitcom television series * The Ladies Man (2000 film), a film about the Saturday Night Live character *… …   Wikipedia

  • Ladies' Man — Filmdaten Originaltitel: Ladies’ Man Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1931 Länge: 76 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch Stab …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ladies’ Man — Filmdaten Originaltitel Ladies’ Man Produktionsland USA …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • ladies' man — noun a man who takes advantage of women • Syn: ↑seducer, ↑lady killer • Derivationally related forms: ↑seduce (for: ↑seducer) • Hypernyms: ↑libertine, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Ladies' man — Lady La dy (l[=a] d[y^]), n.; pl. {Ladies} (l[=a] d[i^]z). [OE. ladi, l[ae]fdi, AS. hl[=ae]fdige, hl[=ae]fdie; AS. hl[=a]f loaf + a root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to E. dairy. See {Loaf}, and cf. {Lord}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A woman who… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ladies' man — N SING: usu a N If you say that a man is a ladies man, you mean that he enjoys spending time socially with women and that women find him attractive. [OLD FASHIONED] He had quite a reputation as a ladies man …   English dictionary

  • Ladies Man (TV series) — Ladies Man was a television sitcom series starring Alfred Molina as husband, father, son, ex husband, son in law who lives with a bunch of women under one roof. The show premiered September 20, 1999 and lasted for two seasons on CBS until June 27 …   Wikipedia

  • ladies' man — man who pursues women, womanizer, man who frequently flirts with and dates different women …   English contemporary dictionary

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