phi·lan·der
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Audio Help [fi-lan-der] Pronunciation Key –verb (used without object)
| (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations. |
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philanderer
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intr.v. phi·lan·dered, phi·lan·der·ing, phi·lan·ders
[From philander, lover, from Philander, former literary name for a lover, from Greek philandros, loving or fond of men : phil-, philo-, philo- + anēr, andr-, man; see ner-2 in Indo-European roots.] phi·lan'der·er n. |
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| philanderer | |
noun | |
| a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them [syn: womanizer] |
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Philanderer
Phi*lan"der*er\, n. One who hangs about women; a male flirt. [R.] --C. Kingsley.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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