philanderer
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Speaking at a subsequent meeting of the Northern Ireland Policing Board, Jon Boutcher said that he "absolutely agrees" and accepts that the references to Creswell as a "bad boy" and "philanderer" trivialises misogynistic behaviour.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Her second husband, Andrea Dotti, an Italian psychiatrist, is defined as a philanderer whose behavior toward her was “despicable.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
I could tell them he wasn’t an American veteran at all—he was Canadian, and he was actually pretty rabidly anti-American, an oil engineer–turned–environmentalist, a serial philanderer.
From Slate • Sep. 22, 2024
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
Are you indeed willing to be written down in history as a philanderer in great things, to loiter in your flower gardens, whilst other men fight the battle of life for you and your fellows?
From A Lost Leader by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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