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PLAYBOY

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does playboy mean? 

PLAYBOY (noun)
  The noun PLAYBOY has 1 sense:

1. a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasureplay

  Familiarity information: PLAYBOY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLAYBOY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Corinthian; man-about-town; playboy

Hypernyms ("playboy" is a kind of...):

hedonist; pagan; pleasure seeker (someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures)


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