womanizer

[ woom-uh-nahy-zer ]

noun

1. a philanderer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of womanizer¹

First recorded in 1920–25; womanize + -er ¹

Example Sentences

In private, he was not only cold and aloof but a lackluster father and a hard-drinking womanizer who, when under the influence, sometimes got physical with his wives.

From Los Angeles Times

He suspected the show’s co-creator, Steven Bochco — also Rachins’ real-life brother-in-law — made Brackman such a womanizer because “he was so buttoned up, he had to have some outlets.”

From Los Angeles Times

Incredibly, it once took a photograph of presidential candidate Gary Hart with Donna Rice, a young campaign worker, sitting on his lap, to disprove Hart’s denial that he was a “womanizer.”

From Salon

If Trump is successfully spinning himself as a womanizer who winks at women aborting inconvenient pregnancies, then he can probably keep those young men.

From Salon

Miguel dives back into that chapter of his life when a television program focused on unresolved cases seeks to unearth whether Julio, a womanizer afraid of getting older, died in an accident or by suicide, or if a mental breakdown allowed him to start over without a single memory of the man he once was.

From Los Angeles Times