playboy

UK: /ˈpleɪbɔɪ/ US: /ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/ or /-ˌgɝl/ ,(plā′boi′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

play•boy or -girl /ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/ or /-ˌgɜrl/   n. [countable]

1. one who leads a life of pleasure without responsibility or attachments:
   one of the jet-set playboys.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

play•boy  (plā′boi′), n. 

1. a man who pursues a life of pleasure without responsibility or attachments, esp. one who is of comfortable means.

• play + boy 1620–30

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playboy / ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/ noun

1. a man, esp one of private means, who devotes himself to the pleasures of nightclubs, expensive holiday resorts, female company, etc