heartbreaker

noun
/ˈhɑːt.bɹeɪ.kə/UK/ˈhɑɹt.bɹeɪ.kɚ/US

Etymology

From heart + breaker.

  1. inherited from breker
  2. compounded as heartbreaker — “heart + breaker

Definitions

  1. Someone or something that breaks someone's heart, as

    Someone or something that breaks someone's heart, as:

    • "And this little lovely standing next to him is my favorite heartbreaker, The Fair Lady Sara from Samaria. Kids, this is Dr. Donovan." Sara beamed, obviously thrilled at being considered anyone's heartbreaker, especially Uncle Erik's.
    • I imagined him as the kind of boy who knows girls are equals; the teen with female friends as well as male; then a kind man, a good man, the kind of man who knows better than to be a heartbreaker, despite his looks.

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