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phi⋅lan⋅der

  [fi-lan-der]
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–verb (used without object)
(of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
Origin:
1675–85; < Gk phílandros one who loves (of a woman, loving her husband); see philo-, andro-; later used in fiction as a proper name for a lover, and appar. mistaken as “a man who loves”

Related forms:
phi⋅lan⋅der⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
trifle, dally, womanize.
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phi·lan·der   (fĭ-lān'dər)   
intr.v.   phi·lan·dered, phi·lan·der·ing, phi·lan·ders
  1. To carry on a sexual affair, especially an extramarital affair, with a woman one cannot or does not intend to marry. Used of a man.
  2. To engage in many love affairs, especially with a frivolous or casual attitude. Used of a man.

[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

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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