Lothario

WordNet (r) 3.0

Lothario n 1: a successful womanizer; a man who behaves selfishly in his sexual relationships with women


Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)

lothario noun (plural -ios) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Lothario, seducer in the play The Fair Penitent (1703) by Nicholas Rowe Date: 1756 a man whose chief interest is seducing women


Oxford English Reference Dictionary

Lothario
n. (pl. -os) a rake or libertine.
Etymology: a character in Rowe's Fair Penitent (1703)


Oxford English Reference Dictionary

lothario
n. (pl. -os) a rake or libertine.
Etymology: a character in Rowe's Fair Penitent (1703)


English Explanatory Dictionary

Lothario ləuˈθɑ:rɪəu n. (pl. -os) a rake or libertine. [a character in Rowe's Fair Penitent (1703)]


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lothario Lo*tha"ri*o, n. [Name of a character in Rowe's drama, ``The Fair Penitent.''] A gay seducer of women; a libertine.