philanderer
a person, usually a man, who has many casual sexual encounters or affairs, especially when married or in a committed relationship:After three of his infidelities, she’d finally had enough of a husband who by all accounts had become a serial philanderer.
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How to use philanderer in a sentence
In his personal life, Le Gris had a reputation as a philanderer.
The True Story Behind The Last Duel—and History’s Attempt to Erase It | John-Paul Heil | October 15, 2021 | TimeHe was also a documented philanderer who fathered several children with various women.
‘Mea Maxima Culpa’ Reveals What the Catholic Church Knew | Barbie Latza Nadeau | September 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA staunch traditionalist at home, Ahmad is also a liberal in politics and a nighttime philanderer.
Cairo, Revisited: How Naguib Mahfouz Predicted the Future of Egypt | Joel Whitney | July 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn fact, however, Henry was more of a serial monogamist than a philanderer.
Oral History: The Sex Lives of the Kings and Queens of England | Tom Sykes | July 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTNow the monarch, 74, has been exposed as a philanderer after he fell and broke his hip during a $52,000 African safari.
There is no way in heaven or earth that he is a philanderer (Cain).
Michael Tomasky: Get Ready for Santorum Time in the GOP Campaign | Michael Tomasky | December 19, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had even told Miss Grains that he looked upon Mr. Puffin as a "philanderer," and that "he didn't hold with philanderers."
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsThe fourteenth man was Bayard, who belongs to a very exasperating type of philanderer.
Modern marriage and how to bear it | Maud Churton BrabyIt was sheer weakness, her heart cried out, the weakness of the philanderer, the half-hearted.
The Half-Hearted | John BuchanHe felt himself pushed down to almost the level of a philanderer—a philanderer not much more august than Adair.
The Kingdom Round the Corner | Coningsby DawsonShe is happy and well with the right man, but Heaven help her if the marriage ceremony links her with a philanderer!
The Nervous Housewife | Abraham Myerson
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