Definitions

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  • noun A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.

Etymologies

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Lothario, seducer in the play The Fair Penitent (1703) by Nicholas Rowe

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Examples

  • One teen lothario is intent on having sex with as many virgins as possible, despite the fact that he is HIV positive.

    Eric’s Top 10 Alienated Youth Movies » Scene-Stealers 2008

  • The guy on the front has hips like a girl, less muscles than I had at that age, and looks like a teenage lothario from a bad latin soap opera.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Blue Tyson 2007

  • Actually, it's more of a question: how many real people do you know who ever say the word lothario in conversation?

    The world does not owe you a living DAVID BISHOP 2007

  • A high school kid blossoms into an online lothario, which isn't as romantic as it sounds ...

    Coffee Break: May 27 2008

  • But they come to the game so poorly-equipped for any real communication - between themselves and women, at least - that they surrender to the cheap joke, the guffaw between two guys at the urinal, the "boys will be boys" loopholes, and the fact that "lothario" sounds so much more fun than "slut".

    lulu lumens 2007

  • But they come to the game so poorly-equipped for any real communication - between themselves and women, at least - that they surrender to the cheap joke, the guffaw between two guys at the urinal, the "boys will be boys" loopholes, and the fact that "lothario" sounds so much more fun than "slut".

    i have no illusions, i lost them in my travels 2007

  • Apparently he thought she was concerned that he might try to make a pass at her there in the alcove of the museum, thought she was upset because he appeared to be some kind of lothario out to sweep a poor young - twenty-nine wasn't all that old - American tourist off her feet.

    From This Beloved Hour Lambert, Willa 1982

  • And for a crooning lothario like Gyptian, comfort is key.

    Gyptian at the Crossroads: Coming up short until 'Hold Yuh' Chris Richards 2010

  • This 1971 science fiction novel follows its protagonist, Dr. Thomas More a descendent of Sir Thomas More, author of Utopia, an alcoholic lapsed Catholic psychiatrist and enthusiastic lothario in a small Louisiana town called Paradise.

    Cathleen Falsani: The (Sort Of) Christian Films That Should Be Coming To A Theater Near You Cathleen Falsani 2011

  • This 1971 science fiction novel follows its protagonist, Dr. Thomas More a descendent of Sir Thomas More, author of Utopia, an alcoholic lapsed Catholic psychiatrist and enthusiastic lothario in a small Louisiana town called Paradise.

    Cathleen Falsani: The (Sort Of) Christian Films That Should Be Coming To A Theater Near You Cathleen Falsani 2011

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