subs. (colloquial).A seducer of married women.
1630. DAVENANT, The Cruel Brother. Dramatis Personæ. LOTHARIO, a frantic young gallant.
1703. ROWE (& MASSINGER), Fair Penitent. Dramatis Personæ. LOTHARIO, a gallant.
1756. The World, No. 202.
Proud of the summons to display his might, | |
The gay LOTHARIO dresses for the fight. |
1818. T. MOORE, The Fudge Family in Paris, 87.
Or, if some, whore LOTHARIOS in feeding, should wish | |
Just to flirt with a luncheon. |
1849. BULWER-LYTTON, The Caxtons, XVIII. ch. vi. No woman could have been more flattered and courted by LOTHARIOS and lady-killers.
1876. Times, 2 Nov. Maurice, a most inflammable LOTHARIO, catches fire at her charms.
1882. COWPER, Hope, 28. LOTHARIO cries, What philosophic stuff.