philanderer
noun
phi·lan·der·er
fə-ˈlan-dər-ər 
plural philanderers
disapproving
: a man who has sexual relations with many women
especially
: a man who is unfaithful to his wife or partner
… on a realistic level King is an incorrigible philanderer who deserts his gentle wife … —
Louise Westling
Louise Westling [Florenz] Ziegfeld's private life was messy. He was an outrageous philanderer who at one point kept a mistress in the same hotel he lived in with Anna Held. —Alicia Metcalf Miller
Alicia Metcalf Miller Until then, public officials who were philanderers or alcoholics … pretty much operated with immunity from disclosure so long as their professional performance was unaffected. —Tom Goldstein
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an incorrigible philanderer who was often in lust and never in love
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All that, plus Liev Schreiber as a pill-popping philanderer named Tag, Dakota Fanning in pregnancy prosthetics, and Donna Lynne Champlin as the beleaguered detective trying to solve the murder.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Though he had been banned from baseball since 1989, served five months in a federal prison camp for income tax evasion, was a known philanderer and a largely unsuccessful gambler, Rose remained one of the most beloved former athletes in the nation.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
That’s important because Snyder, who is a Trump supporter, was reportedly furious about the film’s unflattering depiction of the real estate mogul and former president as a drug-abusing philanderer who was heavily influenced by disgraced attorney and fixer, Roy Cohn.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
A number of people who are close to Kennedy described him to me as a lifelong philanderer.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Though he had been banned from baseball since 1989, served five months in a federal prison camp for income tax evasion, was a known philanderer and a largely unsuccessful gambler, Rose remained one of the most beloved former athletes in the nation.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
That’s important because Snyder, who is a Trump supporter, was reportedly furious about the film’s unflattering depiction of the real estate mogul and former president as a drug-abusing philanderer who was heavily influenced by disgraced attorney and fixer, Roy Cohn.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
A number of people who are close to Kennedy described him to me as a lifelong philanderer.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Philanderer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/philanderer. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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