Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To have a sexual affair with someone who is not one's spouse or partner. Used especially of a man.
- intransitive verb To have many casual sexual affairs. Used especially of a man.
- intransitive verb Archaic To flirt. Used especially of a man.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To play the philander; pay court to a woman, especially without serious intention; make love in a foolish way; “spoon.”
- noun A lover.
- noun In zoology, one of several different marsupial mammals.
- noun A flirtation; a philandering.
- noun Same as
filander .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To make love to women; to play the male flirt.
- noun A South American opossum (
Didelphys philander ). - noun An Australian bandicoot (
Perameles lagotis ). - noun rare A lover.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
lover . - noun A South American
opossum , Didelphys philander. - noun An Australian
bandicoot , Perameles lagotis. - verb To make love to women; to play the male
flirt .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb have amorous affairs; of men
- verb talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I hate to be the one to tell this woman that voles don't entertain thoughts of adultery, nor do they defend a lady vole's honor, nor do they "philander," because voles don't commit adultery, and they don't have honor.
Book review: 'For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage,' by Tara Parker-Pope 2010
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Indeed 'philander', as a word rather than a name, has only negative connotations ...
Archive 2007-01-01 Adam Roberts Project 2007
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Indeed 'philander', as a word rather than a name, has only negative connotations ...
Preferring animals to people Adam Roberts Project 2007
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But it was one thing to free a horse-thief, and another to stop and "philander" with him.
Openings in the Old Trail Bret Harte 1869
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Some psychologists, though, believe they can explain why there's a steady drumbeat of news about politicians who philander, cheat, attempt to seduce, or, as in Weiner's version of what happened, ignore the potential consequences and seriousness of what he considered harmless frivolity.
Narcissism, risk-taking tend to drive politicians involved in sex scandals 2011
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Some psychologists, though, believe they can explain why there's a steady drumbeat of news about politicians who philander, cheat, attempt to seduce, or, as in Weiner's version of what happened, ignore the potential consequences and seriousness of what he considered harmless frivolity.
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A constant rule of nature is that Politicians will philander, lie, cheat & steal.
Sanford e-mail: I've 'crossed lines I never would have imagined' 2009
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Some psychologists, though, believe they can explain why there's a steady drumbeat of news about politicians who philander, cheat, attempt to seduce, or, as in Weiner's version of what happened, ignore the potential consequences and seriousness of what he considered harmless frivolity.
Narcissism, risk-taking tend to drive politicians involved in sex scandals 2011
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Some psychologists, though, believe they can explain why there's a steady drumbeat of news about politicians who philander, cheat, attempt to seduce, or, as in Weiner's version of what happened, ignore the potential consequences and seriousness of what he considered harmless frivolity.
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Now our television shows are filled with confused men and women who philander, masturbate, harbor homicidal thoughts if not actions, take drugs freely, have anonymous sex, sabotage others and abuse themselves.
Mickey Becomes a Rat And We All Like It: Why Are Our Heroes All Dark? 2010
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