monogamist
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‘The Bolter’ In the novels of the British writer Nancy Mitford, it’s a nickname given to the narrator’s mother, a serial monogamist who cycles through relationships.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
A self-professed serial monogamist, he lives alone, but his girlfriend lives next door, and is fully on board with his cause.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
The serial monogamist seeks a lost paradise pathologically, in a series of echoes, in diminishing returns.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2021
We live in a society that has been monogamist, for better or worse, for a very long time.
From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2019
Poverty brings one blessing in Turkey—the poor man is of necessity a monogamist.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird