philanderer

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Events come to a head and the skillfully written climax is so distant and chilly that it speaks to a waning of interest in the figure of the philanderer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

When the Prince turns out to be a narcissistic philanderer, Cinderella wastes no time in trading her dream marriage for a more modest domestic arrangement with people who genuinely appreciate her.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2023

Danny Bailey, on the other hand, may be a bit of a philanderer and a con artist, but he hasn’t done anything really bad.

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2021

Also there is Jackson’s understandable disdain for the “screeching girls,” as she called the students at Bennington, the women’s college in Vermont where Hyman, a perennial philanderer, taught.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2021

Thorpe accepted his share with the caution of the wise man, while Dodge, not a whit less capable, took his as a philanderer.

From From the Housetops by Cootes, F. Graham