Loverman

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A man who is skilled at making love.

    "Kimi-chan lights a match for the despondent heroine and explains why it is not acceptable to be infatuated with Charlie Chaplin: "Nobody's going to be crazy about a guy who's not a loverman." Kimi-chan then adds her own illustration of the ideal loverman (iro otoko): "Even I stopped going to the flicks after Valentino died.""

  2. 2
    A man who has sex with many women; player.

    "This can cause some strange changes. I've seen lovermen go weird. Romeos who broke and balled the ladies outside, lovesickness turns them into lisping, stubble-chinned, prison-yard queens."

  3. 3
    A male sexual partner.

    "Could it be mere coincidence, for instance, that Billie Holiday's line of lovermen exhibited a sadistic streak both in her lyrics and in her life?"

Example

More examples

"Kimi-chan lights a match for the despondent heroine and explains why it is not acceptable to be infatuated with Charlie Chaplin: "Nobody's going to be crazy about a guy who's not a loverman." Kimi-chan then adds her own illustration of the ideal loverman (iro otoko): "Even I stopped going to the flicks after Valentino died.""

Etymology

From lover + man.

Related phrases

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