Meaning of PHILANDER
| Pronunciation: | | fi'landur
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- [v] talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
- [v] have amorous affairs; of men; "He has been womanizing for years"
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| | Synonyms: | | butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, romance, womanise, womanize |
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| | See Also: | | interact, speak, talk, vamp, wanton | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Phi*lan"der\, v. i. [Gr. ? fond of men; ? loving + ?
man.]
To make love to women; to play the male flirt.
You can't go philandering after her again. --G. Eliot.
\Phi*lan"der\, n.
A lover. [R.] --Congreve.
\Phi*lan"der\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A South American opossum ({Didelphys philander}).
(b) An Australian bandicoot ({Perameles lagotis}).
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| | Related Terms: | | be promiscuous, Casanova, cast coquettish glances, chase, chase women, chaser, commit adultery, coquet, dally, debauch, dissipate, Don Juan, eye, flirt, fool around, fornicate, gallivant, gold-dig, grovel, lady-killer, look sweet upon, make eyes at, masher, mess around, ogle, philanderer, play around, pursue, rake, run around, skirt chaser, sleep around, swing, trifle, wallow, wanton, whore, wolf, woman, womanize |
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