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philander verb [ fɪˈlandə ]

• (of a man) readily or frequently enter into casual sexual relationships with women.
• "married men who philander"
Similar: womanize, have affairs/an affair, flirt, play around, carry on, play the field, sleep around, fool around, be a carpet knight, coquet, screw around,
Origin: mid 18th century: from the earlier noun philander ‘man, husband’, often used in literature as the given name of a lover, from Greek philandros ‘fond of men’, from philein ‘to love’ + anēr ‘man’.


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