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philanderer

[fi-lan-der-er] / fɪˈlæn dər ər /


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“Particularly when your disobedience threatens to upend how the business makes money. In Hollywood you can be an addict, be a philanderer, be outspoken. But don’t disrupt the cash flow.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 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 always had a lot of doubts” about the role of a philanderer whose antics catch up with him, Giménez Cacho said.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2022

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

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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