philander

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His saving grace may be that his opponent also has a chequered past, but I'm not sure it is wise to make who can out-philander whom the central issue of an election campaign.

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  1. intransitive verb To carry on a sexual affair, especially an extramarital affair, with a woman one cannot or does not intend to marry. Used of a man.
  2. intransitive verb To engage in many love affairs, especially with a frivolous or casual attitude. Used of a man.

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  • With a mask of Nazi face in disguise of a philander in Columbus land —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • His saving grace may be that his opponent also has a chequered past, but I'm not sure it is wise to make who can out-philander whom the central issue of an election campaign. —  The World According to Oatney
  • I play, I kiss, I philander--as you call it--but what are these trifles? —  The Lost Naval Papers
  • So it won't matter if he does want to philander, George. —  Rainbow Valley
  • So I had to be content with a charming philander, which taught me a great deal, and brought me some hours of exquisite happiness JULIA. —  The Philanderer
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  1. From philander, lover, from Philander, former literary name for a lover, from Greek philandros, loving or fond of men : phil-, philo-, philo- + anēr, andr-, man; see ner-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. So called in allusion to Philander, as the name in old plays and romances of a lover, e. g. “Philander, Prince of Cyprus, passionately in love with Erota,” one of the dramatis personæ of Beaumont and Fletcher's “Laws of Candy,” and Philander, the name of a virtuous youth in Ariosto's “Orlando Furioso,” between whom and a married woman named Gabrina there were certain tender passages; from Greek φιλανδρος, loving men, from φιλεῖν, love, + ἀνήρ (ἀνδρ-), man. Cf. phyllis, n. and v.
  2. from philander, n. Cf. phyllis, v.
 

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