womaniser
womaniser is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of womanizer.
Meaning of womanizer
Noun
womanizer (plural womanizers)
- A man who habitually flirts with and seduces, or attempts to seduce, women.
- A couple of months ago, in a piece about the language of self-involvement, I quoted a girlfriend of Woody Allen as having described the actor as “very much of a womanizer, very self-involved”.1987 May 3, William Safire, “ON LANGUAGE; Vamping Till Ready”, in The New York Times
- Synonyms:
- bounder, cad, Casanova, lady's man, lecher, Lothario, philanderer, playboy, player, rake
Forms of womaniser
| plural | womanisers |
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Origin of womaniser
From womanise + -er.
Questions about womaniser
- What is womaniser the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
- Womaniser is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of womanizer.
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