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libertine

lib·er·tine [ líbbər tn ] (plural lib·er·tines)


noun 
Definition:
 
philanderer: somebody, usually a man, who indulges in pleasures that are considered immoral and who has sexual relationships with many people

[14th century. < Latin libertinus< libertus "somebody freed from slavery" < liber "free"]

lib·er·tin·age noun
lib·er·tin·ism noun
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