philanderer

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phi·lan·der

   [fi-lan-der]
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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Origin:
1675–85; < Greek 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 apparently mistaken as “a man who loves”

Related forms
phi·lan·der·er, noun

Synonyms
trifle, dally, womanize.

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Example Sentences
  • To the end of his life he was a compulsive philanderer.
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World English Dictionary
philander (fɪˈlændə)
 
—vb (often foll by with)
(of a man) to flirt with women
 
[C17: from Greek philandros fond of men, from philos loving +anēr man; used as a name for a lover in literary works]
 
phi'landerer
 
—n
 
phi'landering
 
—n, —adj

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