Playboy
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early 17th century (in the sense ‘boy actor’): from play + boy. The current sense originated in the early 19th century in Irish English.
wiktionary
From play + boy.
etymonline
playboy (n.)
1829, "wealthy bon vivant," from play (v.) + boy. As the name of a U.S.-based magazine for men, from December 1953. Earlier (1620s), play-boy meant "schoolboy actor." Fem. equivalent playgirl is recorded by 1934.