philanderer
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The American songbook is overloaded with bandits, drifters, rascals, gadabouts, thieves, vagrants, philanderers, and degenerates—wounded, brooding men who either refused to bend to cultural expectations or couldn’t quite figure out how to.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 20, 2018
As most are written for the loyal spouse, the philanderers are often cast as villains.
From Economist • Oct. 12, 2017
I must say that I also benefited from the protection of older male and female colleagues who knew who the philanderers were.
From BBC • May 17, 2016
The drift of “Bitter Pill” is self-evident; “Gallery of Cads” lists celebrity philanderers; “Best Friend Rag” honors companions in traumatic times.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2014
So, To philanderers and to flirts, when a great and true love comes, they do not comprehend it, and they cannot appreciate it.
From Hints for Lovers by Haultain, T. Arnold (Theodore Arnold)
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