2. Verb. (third-person singular of philander) ¹
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Definition of Philanders
1. philander [v] - See also: philander
Lexicographical Neighbors of Philanders
Literary usage of Philanders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels Through Sweden, Finland, and Lapland, to the North Cape, in the by Giuseppe Acerbi (1802)
"... Countries—Occupations of the philanders in Winter— Their Methods of catching
Fi/h—The Chafe of the Bear—Mode ..."
2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: And the Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides by James Boswell, Henry Morley (1885)
"Soon must this bough, as you shall fix his doom, Adorn philanders head, or grace
his tomb." x 1 Mrs. Piozzi gives the following account of this little ..."
3. Barr's Buffon. Buffon's Natural History: Containing a Theory of the Earth, a by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (1792)
"... in general, that the toes of .the philanders have cla\vs, without making any
exception ; yet the one which he faw in the King's cabinet, ..."
4. A History of German Literature by John George Robertson (1902)
"Gesichte philanders von Sitte- wald, 1642- 43- CHAPTER VIII. THE NOVEL IN THE
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. THE most important form of German literature in the ..."
5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1803)
"We were not, however, displeased that they were witnesses of the satisfaction we
had given our philanders, and the regret they expressed on parting with us ..."
6. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Philander answer'd—' Hope not to prevail, Nor think philanders faith shall ever fail
... Thus oft the shameless woman strives to gain philanders love, ..."
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