subs. (colloquial).—A seducer of married women.

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  1630.  DAVENANT, The Cruel Brother. Dramatis Personæ. LOTHARIO, a frantic young gallant.

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  1703.  ROWE (& MASSINGER), Fair Penitent. Dramatis Personæ. LOTHARIO, a gallant.

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  1756.  The World, No. 202.

        Proud of the summons to display his might,
The gay LOTHARIO dresses for the fight.

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  1818.  T. MOORE, The Fudge Family in Paris, 87.

        Or, if some, who’re LOTHARIOS in feeding, should wish
Just to flirt with a luncheon.

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  1849.  BULWER-LYTTON, The Caxtons, XVIII. ch. vi. No woman could have been more flattered and courted by LOTHARIOS and lady-killers.

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  1876.  Times, 2 Nov. Maurice, a most inflammable LOTHARIO, catches fire at her charms.

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  1882.  COWPER, Hope, 28. LOTHARIO cries, ‘What philosophic stuff.’

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