womanizer

plural womanizers · alternative womaniser

1. A man who habitually flirts with and seduces, or attempts to seduce, women.

   Getting back into the dating game after a painful divorce is never easy, and the proliferation of womanizers looking to take advantage of your vulnerability only makes things worse.

   2013 April 22, Jane Garapick, “Womanizer Signs: 5 Warning Signs That You're Dating A Womanizer”, in HuffPost

   2 more examples

   A couple of months ago, in a piece about the language of self-involvement, I quoted a girlfriend of Woody Allen as having described the actor as “very much of a womanizer, very self-involved”.

   1987 May 3, William Safire, “ON LANGUAGE; Vamping Till Ready”, in The New York Times

   Sometimes the stereotype is framed as light and cheeky—think the “boys will be boys” mentality exemplified by sitcom womanizers such as How I Met Your Mothers Barney Stinson or '''Two and a Half Mens Charlie Harper.

   2012 November 27, Rachel Hills, “No, Not Every Guy Wants to be a Player”, in The Atlantic

   Synonyms: bounder, cad, Casanova, lady's man, lecher, Lothario, philanderer, playboy