ladies' man
ladies' man is the alternative form of lady's man.
Meaning of lady's man
Noun
lady's man (plural lady's men or ladies' men)
- A man who attracts women and enjoys their company.
- This promenading was chiefly patronised by the marines, and particularly by Colbrook, a remarkably handsome and very gentlemanly corporal among them. He was a complete lady's man; with fine black eyes, bright red cheeks, glossy jet whiskers, and a refined organisation of the whole man.1850, Herman Melville, chapter 42, in White Jacket
- Synonyms:
- squire of dames
- A womanizer.
- He was the most celebrated portrait painter of his day, a notorious ladies' man, obsessed with women, pale beauties dressed in extravagant gowns . . . or nothing at all.2008 March 9, “Klimt And The Golden Art Of Vienna”, in cbsnews.com, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2008
- Synonyms:
- adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator, gallant, lecher, lewdster
Forms of ladies' man
| plural | ladies' men |
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Questions about ladies' man
- What is ladies' man the alternative form of?
- Ladies' man is the alternative form of lady's man.
Words near ladies' man in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ladies' man (page history and authors); lady's man (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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