Lothario
[loh-thair-ee-oh] /loʊˈθɛər iˌoʊ/
noun, plural Lotharios.
1.
(sometimes lowercase) a man who obsessively seduces and deceives women.
/ləʊˈθɑːrɪˌəʊ/
noun (pl) -os
1.
(sometimes not capital) a rake, libertine, or seducer
masc. proper name, Italian form of Old High German Hlothari, Hludher (whence German Luther, French Lothaire), literally “famous warrior,” from Old High German lut (see loud) + heri “host, army” (see harry (v.)). As a characteristic name for a lady-killer, 1756, from the name of the principal male character of Nicholas Rowe’s “The Fair Penitent” (1703).
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