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Philander

Philander \Phi*lan"der\, n. A lover. [R.]
--Congreve.

Philander

Philander \Phi*lan"der\, n. (Zo["o]l.)

  1. A South American opossum ( Didelphys philander).

  2. An Australian bandicoot ( Perameles lagotis).

Philander

Philander \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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
philander

1737, from the noun meaning "a lover" (1700), from Philander, popular name for a lover in stories, drama, and poetry, from Greek adjective philandros "with love for people," perhaps mistaken as meaning "a loving man," from phil- "loving" (see philo-) + andr-, stem of aner "man" (see anthropo-). Related: Philandered; philandering.

Wiktionary
philander

n. 1 A lover. 2 A South American opossum, (vern bare-tailed woolly opossum pedia=1), (taxlink Caluromys philander species noshow=1), formerly (taxlink Didelphis philander species noshow=1). 3 An Australian bandicoot, greater bilby or bilby, ''Macrotis lagotis'', formerly (taxlink Perameles lagotis species noshow=1). vb. To make love to women; to play the male flirt.

WordNet
philander
  1. v. have amorous affairs; of men; "He has been womanizing for years" [syn: womanize, womanise]

  2. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, mash]

Wikipedia
Philander

Philander may mean:

  • to have sexual intercourse with many women
  • Philander (genus), a genus of opossums
  • "Philander", a historic name for the dusky pademelon (Thylogale brunii)

People with the first name Philander:

  • Philander Chase (1775–1852), Episcopal Church bishop, educator, founder of Kenyon College, and pioneer of the United States western frontier
  • Philander Claxton (1862–1957), American journalist
  • Philander C. Knox (1853–1921), American lawyer and politician
  • Philander Smith (1809–1882), American philanthropist and eponym of Philander Smith College
  • Philander Stephens (1788–1861), Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

People with the last name Philander:

  • Vernon Philander (born 1985), South African cricketer

Usage examples of "philander".

And it must have, for a few days later William Philander and Clarabel Ruggles were seen out driving together and apparently as friendly as over.

Vibius Paecianus, hid him in a cave until Crassus was sure that the consequences of his fiscal philandering were not going to follow him as far as Spain.

Would he think I was a potential informer, a philandering fink to the Feds?

Even if you are watched, Sara is unknown and your philandering is legend.

Lieutenant Cheng Shiao of the Royal Constabulary, did a commendable job of not acting flabbergasted or starstruck when the expected First Philander stepped through the fax gate with the quite unexpected Queen of Sol in tow, plus a pair of dainty metal bodyguards, plus an extra Philander who was quite famous in his own right.

Philander are the only people in the world who can swear that the little skeleton found in the cabin with those of your father and mother was that of an infant anthropoid ape, and not the offspring of Lord and Lady Greystoke.

On the passenger's seat lay the digital camera that contained photos of the philandering husband entering the house across the street and being greeted at the door by his lover.

Twilly found it ironic that in divorcehood his mother had chosen Flagler Beach, given both her aversion to tropical sunlight and her previous attachment to a philandering swine who hawked oceanfront property for a living.

And Philander agreed because Barenga sure did a putdown on that guinea honkey at the truck terminal.

Meanwhile, back in Maggody, Arkansas (population 775), Major Jim Bob Buchanon is up to his usual philandering antics, Raz Buchanon is looking for an animal companion to keep his pig Margorie company, and Duluth Buchanon's wife has gone missing with their two sons.

Museums, galleries, bars, restaurants, delis--the whole gamut: the sidewalk where I'd first been mugged, the corner from which my car had last been towed, the apartment building where I'd bathed and slept and cooked and told my ex that I was unwilling to continue to feign ignorance of his philandering (I'd called it something else at the time.

Would you care to know how many women he philandered with over the years?

The characters included a philandering husband, a voluptuous divorcee, a poor little rich girl operating a swanky antique shop incognito, and - in the later chapters - a retired schoolteacher who was naive to the point of stupidity.

He continued his philandering, as he had in his younger days, but the hectic business of sexual conquest was of far less significance to him now.