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Definitions: Philander |
PhilanderVerb1. Have amorous affairs; of men: "He has been womanizing for years". 2. Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Philander" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a man's friend". |
Date "philander" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Philander (in Orlando Furioso). A sort of Joseph. (See Gabrina .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: PhilanderSynonyms: butterfly (v), chat up (v), coquet (v), coquette (v), dally (v), flirt (v), mash (v), romance (v), womanise (v), womanize (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Endearment | Bill and coo, spoon, toy, dally, flirt, coquet; gallivant, galavant; philander; make love; pay one's court to, pay one's addresses to, pay one's attentions to; serenade; court, woo; set one's cap at; be sweet upon, look sweet upon; ogle, cast sheep's eyes upon; faire les yeux doux. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Philander P. Claxton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Philander Chase, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left with eyes facing front, wearing clerical cap.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Exterior of home of Senator Philander Knox, Washington, D.C.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Staircase in home of Senator Philander Knox, Washington, D.C.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Dining hall in home of Senator Philander Knox, Washington, D.C.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Philander Knox, and Joseph Cannon, in convertible, March 4, 1921.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Philander Phil and his five dollar bill. "Isn't the lake beautiful!".Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Philander" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "Philander" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 71.43% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| "Philander" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a man's friend". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Philander." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Filander | Male | N/A | Philander |
| Philander | Male | N/A | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expression using "philander": Didelphys philander. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
philander smith college | 48 |
philander smith | 9 |
philander | 7 |
s philander | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "philander"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | flirtoj (dally, flirt), bëj dashuriçka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غازل (court, dally, flirt, make a pass at, make out, mash, pet, spoon, sue), إنهمك في المغازلة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | флиртувам (dally, flirt, gallant, gallivant, mash, toy, vamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 与女人调情. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | koketovat (Coquet, flirt), flirtovat (flirt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | لاس زدن (Mash, Pickeer), زن دوست بودن , زن بازی کردن (Gallant), زن باز (Gallant), دنبال زن افتادن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | faire la cour aux femmes, courir les jupons, courir après les femmes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | tändeln (dally, dilly dally, flirt, flit, flutter, frolic, toy, trifle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ερωτοτροπώ (court, dally, flirt, smooch, vamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לפרלטט, לאהבהב (flirt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | flörtöl (flirt, gallivant, to coquet, to dally, to flirt, to philander). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | amoreggiare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ilanderphay galantear (coquet, court, dally, gallant, woo), flertar (coquet, dally, flirt), filadélfia. (various references) umbla din floare-n floare, flirta (flirt, play), face curte femeilor. (various references) флиртовать (flirt), волочиться (dangle, dangle after, drag, draw). (various references) ašikovati (flirt). (various references) mariposear (flirt), flirtear (flirt, vamp). (various references) flörta (flirt). (various references) kur yapmak (court, flirt, make a pass at, pay court to, pay one's addresses to, pay one's attention to smb., pay one's court to, pitch, rush, spark, Sue, woo), kadın peşinde koşmak (womanize), flört etmek (date, flirt, go out, go together, go with, keep company with, spoon, walk out with), asılmak (accost, be suspended, hang, hang down, hang on, make advances to smb., pull, rush, solicit, swing, tug, wrench). (various references) розпусничати (sleep around, wanton, whore, womanize), залицятися (court, gallant, gallivant, squire, sweetheart, wait upon, woo), залицяльник (admirer, adorer, beau, wolf). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "philander": philandered, philanderer, philanderers, philandering, philanders. (additional references) | |
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"Philander" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aphelandra, Ghilander, helander, Hilendar, hublander, Philamore, philandere, philandery. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-h-i-l-n-p-r" | |
-1 letter: hardline. | |
-2 letters: handier, handler, harelip, headpin, helipad, heparin, hernial, hirpled, inhaled, inhaler, pardine, pinhead, plained, plainer, praline, predial, ralphed, raphide. | |
-3 letters: aldrin, alined, aliner, aliped, alpine, ariled, daphne, darnel, denari, denial, derail, dialer, diaper, elapid, hailed, hailer, haired, halide, handle, harden, harped, harpin, herald, hernia, hinder, hirple, inhale, laired, lander, larine, linear, nailed. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-h-i-l-n-p-r" | |
+1 letter: nephridial, philanders. | |
+2 letters: philandered, philanderer, philodendra. | |
+3 letters: perichondral, philanderers, philandering. | |
+4 letters: cephaloridine, hyperinflated, landownership. | |
+5 letters: cephaloridines, indecipherable, landownerships, radiotelephone, radiotelephony, undecipherable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 68 69 6C 61 6E 64 65 72 |
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