"Lothario" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /loʊˈθɛəɹioʊ/ Audio: en-ca-lothario.ogg [Canada] Forms: Lotharios [plural]
Etymology: Named after Lothario, a character in the play The Fair Penitent, a reference to a seducer of the same name in the metastory of the Quixote called The Impertinent Curious Man. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Lothario (plural Lotharios)
  1. A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women. Wikipedia link: The Fair Penitent Categories (topical): Fictional characters, Male people, People Synonyms: lady-killer, Casanova, Romeo, promiscuous man, libertine, lothario Translations (seducer): 好色之徒 (hàosèzhītú) (Chinese Mandarin), lamač dívčích srdcí (Czech), svůdník [masculine] (Czech), verleider (Dutch), rokkenjager (Dutch), naistenmies (Finnish), coureur de jupons [masculine] (French), don Juan [masculine] (French), Don Juan [masculine] (German), Schürzenjäger [masculine] (German), femellarius [masculine] (Latin), mulierarius [masculine] (Latin), за́водник (závodnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), заве́дувач (zavéduvač) [masculine] (Macedonian), же́нкар (žénkar) [masculine] (Macedonian), донжуа́н (donžuán) [masculine] (Macedonian), uwodziciel [masculine] (Polish), casanova [masculine] (Polish), ловела́с (lovelás) [masculine] (Russian), бабник (babnik) [masculine] (Russian), seductor [masculine] (Spanish)

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