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Dear MG: sounds logical, but there is the problem that the word "philander" has been used to refer to Casanova types
phi[lan[der 7fi lan4d!r, f!38
n.
5< Gr philandros, fond of men < philos, loving + ancr, a man (see ANDRO3): used in fiction as a name for a lover6 [Rare] a man who philanders
vi.
to engage lightly in passing love affairs; make love insincerely: said of a man
phi[lan4der[er
n.
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