as in to cheat
to be sexually unfaithful
he can't seem to stop philandering, even now that he's on his fifth marriage
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The Swans Fashion: Babe Paley’s Queen Bee Elegance Photo: Courtesy of FX
Before marrying the chronically philandering head of CBS, Bill Paley (Treat Williams), in 1947, Babe Cushing worked as a Vogue editor.
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Fawnia Soo Hoo, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2024
Maxine’s allies are a gay pool boy (Ricky Martin), her (philandering) airline pilot husband (Josh Lucas) and his aunt, who at one point pushes her off a yacht in the middle of the ocean.
—Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
Beyond their ambitious, brain-bending hooks, Kaufman’s movies are remarkably consistent in withering worldview, following characters tortured by their inadequacies, their philandering appetites, the impossibility of artistic creation, or all of the above.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2024
Where to watch: Hulu Mad Men The slick glamour of the 1960s advertising world is the backdrop for Mad Men, a dark drama that oscillates around the charismatic, though hard-drinking and philandering executive Don Draper (Jon Hamm).
—Cady Lang, TIME, 16 May 2024
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Fawnia Soo Hoo, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2024
Maxine’s allies are a gay pool boy (Ricky Martin), her (philandering) airline pilot husband (Josh Lucas) and his aunt, who at one point pushes her off a yacht in the middle of the ocean.
—Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
Beyond their ambitious, brain-bending hooks, Kaufman’s movies are remarkably consistent in withering worldview, following characters tortured by their inadequacies, their philandering appetites, the impossibility of artistic creation, or all of the above.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2024
Where to watch: Hulu Mad Men The slick glamour of the 1960s advertising world is the backdrop for Mad Men, a dark drama that oscillates around the charismatic, though hard-drinking and philandering executive Don Draper (Jon Hamm).
—Cady Lang, TIME, 16 May 2024
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“Philander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philander. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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