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philanderer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun philanderer has 1 sense
- philanderer(n = noun.person) womaniser, womanizer - a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them; Array has particulars: casanova, don juan, lothario, masher, skirt chaser, wolf, woman chaser
is a kind of debauchee, libertine, rounder, adult male, man
Derived form verb philander1
CIDE DICTIONARY
philanderer, n.
One who hangs about women; a male flirt. C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
philanderer
Casanova, Don Juan, Lothario, Romeo, amoroso, beau, boyfriend, caballero, cavalier, cavaliere servente, chaser, debauchee, esquire, fellow, flame, flirt, gallant, gay deceiver, gay dog, gigolo, heartbreaker, inamorato, lady-killer, lecher, libertine, love-maker, lover, lover-boy, man, masher, necker, old man, petter, philander, playboy, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip, roue, rounder, seducer, sheik, skirt chaser, squire, stud, sugar daddy, swain, swinger, walking phallus, wanton, wolf, woman chaser, womanizer, young man
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