PHILANDER


Meaning of PHILANDER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fə-ˈlan-dər ]

intransitive verb

( -dered ; phi·lan·der·ing -d(ə-)riŋ)

Etymology: from obsolete philander lover, philanderer, probably from the name Philander

Date: 1737

of a man : to have casual or illicit sexual relations with a woman or with many women ; especially : to be sexually unfaithful to one's wife

• phi·lan·der·er -dər-ər noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.