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lothario

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Lo⋅thar⋅i⋅o

  [loh-thair-ee-oh]
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–noun, plural -thar⋅i⋅os.
(sometimes lowercase) a man who obsessively seduces and deceives women.
Origin:
after the young seducer in Nicholas Rowe's play The Fair Penitent (1703)

Synonyms:
Don Juan, Romeo, Casanova.
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Lo·thar·i·o also lo·thar·i·o   (lō-thâr'ē-ō)   
n.   pl. Lo·thar·i·os also lo·thar·i·os
A man who seduces women.

[After Lothario, a character in The Fair Penitent, a play by Nicholas Rowe.]
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Word Origin & History

lothario 
"lady-killer," 1756, from principal male character of Nicholas Rowe's "The Fair Penitent" (1703). The name is the It. form of O.H.G. Hlothari, Hludher (whence Ger. Luther), lit. "famous warrior," from O.H.G. lut (see loud) + heri "host, army."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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