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

He was not a monogamist, but for many mating seasons past he had come to find his Iskwao in this wonderful sweep of meadow and plain between the two ranges.

From The Grizzly King by Curwood, James Oliver