Definition of "philander" []

• 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. (verb-intransitive)
• To engage in many love affairs, especially with a frivolous or casual attitude. Used of a man. (verb-intransitive)

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• "I hate to be the one to tell this woman that voles don't entertain thoughts of adultery, nor do they defend a lady vole's honor, nor do they "philander," because voles don't commit adultery, and they don't have honor."
• "Indeed 'philander', as a word rather than a name, has only negative connotations ..."
• "But it was one thing to free a horse-thief, and another to stop and "philander" with him."