philander

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φίλανδρος (phílandros, “loving men”), from φιλία (philía, “love”) and ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive case of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɪˈlændə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fɪˈlændəɹ/

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philander (plural philanders)

1. A lover.
   • 1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Yes, I'll baste you together, you and your Philander!

2. A South American opossum, bare-tailed woolly opossum, Caluromys philander, formerly Didelphis philander.
3. An Australian bandicoot, greater bilby or bilby, Macrotis lagotis, formerly Perameles lagotis.

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philander (third-person singular simple present philanders, present participle philandering, simple past and past participle philandered)

1. (intransitive) To woo women; to play the male flirt.
   • 1876, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Daniel Deronda, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:

     You can't be philandering after her again.

• womanize, womanise

• philanderer, philandering