Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A usually wealthy man who spends much of his time pursuing leisure and romance.

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  • noun A man who does not work, but devotes himself to a life of pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure

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Examples

  • Seth Rogen stars as the title playboy-turned-superhero, based on the 1930s radio show, with Taiwanese pop star Jay

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Seth Rogen stars as the title playboy-turned-superhero, based on the 1930s radio show, with Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou as his sidekick, Kato.

    FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2011

  • Seth Rogen stars as the title playboy-turned-superhero, based on the 1930s radio show, with Taiwanese pop star Jay

    'No Strings' attaches to top box-office spot - Yahoo! Finance 2011

  • Seth Rogen stars as the title playboy-turned-superhero, based on the 1930s radio show, with Taiwanese pop star Jay

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • (link) Turning Jonathan into a playboy is akin to turning Faramir into an attention-seeking, insecure guy who'd turn Frodo in to Daddy to gain approval.

    kateelliott: Kings kateelliott 2009

  • You won't find me watching Howard's End, The Remains of the Day or any of that pap, either, but yet I'm not on those movies comments talking smack about them, they're just not my cup of tea ... josh she needs to be in playboy alan second that

    Natalie Portman Producing and Starring in Stoner Comedy Best Buds | /Film 2010

  • To be honest the only reason I like her is because I want Heff to offer her a million "cause she likes money" to be in playboy, "That will give her national attention" and all the men who are dying to see it can.

    Palin: 'Absolutely' more policy speeches to come 2010

  • In the meantime, she begins dating another guy, who's sweet and caring and horribly bland, and life becomes good for her even as the playboy is miserable because all of these gorgeous models aren't nearly as wonderful as the woman he left behind.

    JESUS FUCKING GODDAMN JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! ljgenie 2005

  • He was known as a playboy partial to purple scarves, chic nightclubs and beautiful women.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • He was known as a playboy partial to purple scarves, chic nightclubs and beautiful women.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Daisy Nguyen 2011

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  • WeirdNet isn't wrong here, but uncharacteristically coy, perhaps.

    September 27, 2008

  • I think WeirdNet's often very coy.

    September 27, 2008

  • No, no. WeirdNet is a lascivious old man. See arugula for proof.

    September 29, 2008

  • Reesetee's memory apparently knows no bounds.

    September 29, 2008

  • Oh, it knows bounds. Believe me.

    *blinks*

    What were we talking about?

    September 29, 2008

  • Coyness.

    September 29, 2008

  • No, no. Bunnies.

    September 29, 2008

  • Whenever I see the word playboy, all I see is a grown man with pouting lips, a pointy nose, a part on the side of his receding hairline, and a paisley ascot. Yuk.

    September 30, 2008

  • Bunnies!

    *blinks again*

    What?

    September 30, 2008

  • Boundless ones.

    September 30, 2008

  • play boy is a golddigger

    December 5, 2014

  • Wouldn't have been my first definition.

    December 5, 2014