philanderer
Syllables: phi·lan·der·erUK/fɪˈlæn.də.ɹə//fɪˈlæn.də.ɹɚ/
philanderer noun: one who plays at courtship; a fickle lover; a flirt (usually applies only to men).
Noun
philanderer (plural philanderers)
- One who plays at courtship; a fickle lover; a flirt (usually applies only to men).
- Someone who engages in casual sex, usually frequently.
- A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe
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- A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe
philanderer meaning in Malayalam
philanderer in Malayalam
- womanizer, Casanova, Don Juan
- വിടൻ, സ്ത്രീലോലൻ, ഭ്രമരൻ, സ്ത്രീജിതൻ, സ്ത്രൈണൻ, നാരീജിതൻ
Forms of philanderer
| plural | philanderers |
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Origin of philanderer
From philander (“lover”) + -er, from Ancient Greek φίλανδρος (phílandros), from φίλος (phílos, “love”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).
Questions about philanderer
- What does philanderer mean?
- Philanderer means one who plays at courtship; a fickle lover; a flirt (usually applies only to men).
- What is philanderer in Malayalam?
- Philanderer in Malayalam is വിടൻ, സ്ത്രീലോലൻ, ഭ്രമരൻ. See Philanderer meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is philanderer?
- Philanderer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce philanderer?
- Philanderer is pronounced /fɪˈlæn.də.ɹɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of philanderer?
- The plural of philanderer is philanderers.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: philanderer (page history and authors); philanderer (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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