Philander Definition

fĭ-lăndər
philandering, philanders
verb
philandering, philanders
To have a sexual affair with someone who is not one's spouse or partner. Used especially of a man.
American Heritage
To regularly enter into casual love affairs.
Webster's New World
To flirt. Used especially of a man.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
A man who philanders.
Webster's New World

A South American opossum, bare-tailed woolly opossum, Caluromys philander aka Didelphis philander.

Wiktionary

An Australian bandicoot, greater bilby or bilby, Macrotis lagotis aka Perameles lagotis.

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Other Word Forms of Philander

Noun

Singular:
philander
Plural:
philanders

Origin of Philander

  • 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 ner-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek φίλανδρος (philandros, “loving men"), from φιλία (philia, “love") and ἀνδρός (andros), genitive case of ἀνήρ (anÄ“r, “man").

    From Wiktionary

Philander Sentence Examples

  • Philander has been a major voice in helping us to understand the vagaries weather investigators must endure.

  • The latter may, however, be split up into several sub-generic groups, such as Metachirus, Philander, Marmosa (Micoureus or Grymaeomys), Peramys, Dromiciops, &c. The small South American forms included in Marmosa, which lack the pouch, and have numerous teats, and molar teeth of a primitive type, are doubtless the most generalized representatives of the group (see Opossum; and WATER-Opossum).

  • Hobart's zeal for the General Seminary and the General Convention led him to oppose the plan of Philander Chase, bishop of Ohio, for an Episcopal seminary in that diocese; but the Ohio seminary was made directly responsible to the House of Bishops, and Hobart approved the plan.

  • Among the large denominational colleges are Philander Smith College, Little Rock (Methodist Episcopal, 1877); Ouachita College, Arkadelphia (Baptist, 1886); Hendrix College, Conway (Methodist Episcopal, South, 1884); and Arkansas College, Batesville (Presbyterian, 1872).

  • His father died in 1817, and the son passed several years (1820-1824) in Ohio with his uncle, Bishop Philander Chase (1775-1852), the foremost pioneer of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the West, the first bishop of Ohio (1819-1831), and after 1835 bishop of Illinois.

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