lady-killer

The impulse to shift Bond away from suave lady-killer mode and recast him as some kind of tortured romantic hero, while certainly interesting in theory, has not produced any particularly interesting movies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2021

His leadership bona fides were equally laughable, having presided over bankrupt casinos and failed real-estate projects, fabricated the persona of a lady-killer, and created a reality TV show about a tin-pot entrepreneur.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2018

And then there is Louis Patterson Trotmeier IV, a lady-killer whose downfall arrives in the form of a pop star who bears a more than passing resemblance to Madonna.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2015

Along the way, she meets a very contemporary character: Andreas Wolf, professional leaker, lady-killer and fierce rival of Julian Assange.

From Time ● Aug. 19, 2015

Muzio, however, was only too loving and rash; and woe to that fine lady-killer by the British maiden's side!

From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Giuseppe Garibaldi

After all, Mr. Ocean, 24, is a rising star in the hypermasculine world of urban music, where singers cultivate images as lady-killers.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2012

The following is a brief encounter with these two ultra stylish lady-killers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Harvey played handsome, heartless lady-killers in such hits as Butterfield 8 and Darling, and was the brainwashed political assassin of The Manchurian Candidate.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was an acknowledged flirt; a regular knave of Hearts; and yet totally unlike those professional lady-killers who carry their smooth chins so very high above their would-be rivals in fashionable drawing-rooms.

From The Doctor's Daughter by [pseud.] Vera

But he was no deceiver, no flirt, like the lady-killers who used to come to the Palazzo to bow over Lucia's hand and eye each other with that half hostile, half knowing swagger.

From The Innocent Adventuress by Mary Hastings Bradley