1(1725–98), Italian adventurer; full name Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt. He is famous for his memoirs describing his sexual encounters and other exploits.

1. 1.1as noun usually a Casanova A man notorious for seducing women.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • I think women have evolved; you get female Casanovas and male Casanovas.
   • But what the budding Casanovas don't know is that the women are actually actresses who have been hired to teach our arrogant trio a lesson.
   • Personally I've met a few Casanovas that I've liked, and a few that I haven't. And I hope to meet a few more.
   • I can't reveal his real name, for obvious reasons, but it's fair to say he was, and still is Scotland's Casanova.
   • Whitbread Pub Partnerships researchers say aspiring Casanovas are best sticking to complimentary and polite ice-breakers.
   • Will Henry be damned for being a Casanova and cad who ended up loved by a beautiful woman?
   • If I play it cool, will she think I'm a self-obsessed Casanova, looking for a back-alley love affair?
   • ‘I myself used to be a Casanova - I was such a womaniser’, one youth told an evaluator.
   • In contrast to these latter day Casanovas only 14% of women said they would happily sleep with someone else if they knew they could get away with it.
   • It's about a local Casanova who seduces one American tourist each summer until he makes the mistake of falling in love.
   • But beware, Casanovas: there is a strong incentive to behave honourably - your history is in the database for others to inspect.

   Synonyms

   philanderer, ladies' man, playboy, rake, roué, loose-liver, don juan, lothario, casanova, romeo