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philandrist

philandrist

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philandrist (plural philandrists)

  1. One who loves men.
    • 2005, Charles Harrington Elster, There's a Word for It (Revised Edition): A Grandiloquent Guide to Life, page 114:
      And how about a philogynist (fi-LAHJ-i-nist), a lover of women, or a philandrist (fi-LAN-drist), a lover of men?
    • 2000, David Macfarlane, Mail & guardian bedside book, 2000, page 46:
      A misandrist hates all men, and a philandrist likes them.

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