: a man who lives a life devoted chiefly to the pursuit of pleasure
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She was dating a rich American playboy who was seeing two other women at the same time.
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And then Mai meets Duong (Tuan Tran), a romantic playboy.
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Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
Sam, the playboy who heads the men's team, or Aderyn, on the women's team, who is more of a relationship kind of girl.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
As Gomez, John Astin brought a sophisticated, playboy essence to the family patriarch, adding a lusty undertone between him and Carolyn Jones' Morticia unseen on television at that time.
—Lee Escobedo, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2024
Pillow Talk tells the tale of a New York interior decorator named Jan Morrow (Doris Day) who, sight unseen, takes an enormous dislike to Brad Allen (Rock Hudson), a playboy song writer who shares her party-line phone.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
Sam, the playboy who heads the men's team, or Aderyn, on the women's team, who is more of a relationship kind of girl.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
As Gomez, John Astin brought a sophisticated, playboy essence to the family patriarch, adding a lusty undertone between him and Carolyn Jones' Morticia unseen on television at that time.
—Lee Escobedo, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2024
Pillow Talk tells the tale of a New York interior decorator named Jan Morrow (Doris Day) who, sight unseen, takes an enormous dislike to Brad Allen (Rock Hudson), a playboy song writer who shares her party-line phone.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Playboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playboy. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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playboy
noun
play·boy
-ˌbȯi 
: a man whose chief interest is the pursuit of pleasure
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