Lothario
A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually womenA man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.
Meaning
1 sensesA man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.
Don Juan, Schürzenjäger
ловела́сlovelás, бабникbabnik
a successful womanizer; a man who behaves selfishly in his sexual relationships with women
Translations
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Origin
Named after Lothario, a character in the play The Fair Penitent, a reference to a seducerNamed 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.
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