femalist

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English

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Etymology

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From female +‎ -ist.

Noun

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femalist (plural femalists)

  1. (rare) Someone who courts or pursues the female sex; a womanizer. [from 16th c.]
    • 1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, IV.2:
      Beauty can turn the rugged face of War / And make him smile upon delightful Peace, / Courting her smoothly like a femalist.

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