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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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pander

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Noun, Verb (intransitive)

HYPHEN

pan=der

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pander has 1 sense

pander(n = noun.person) fancy man, pandar, panderer, pimp, ponce, procurer - someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce); Array

is a kind of offender, wrongdoer

has particulars: procuress, whoremaster, whoremonger

Derived form verb pander₂

Verb pander has 2 senses

pander(v = verb.consumption) gratify, indulge - yield (to); give satisfaction to; Array

is one way to cater, ply, provide, supply

Derived form noun panderer₂

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

pander(v = verb.consumption) pimp, procure - arrange for sexual partners for others; Array

is one way to cater, ply, provide, supply

Derived forms noun pander₁, noun panderer₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pander, n. [From Pandarus, a leader in the Trojan army, who is represented by Chaucer and Shakespeare as having procured for Troilus the possession of Cressida.].

A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer. [1913 Webster]
"Thou art the pander to her dishonor." [1913 Webster]
Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another. [1913 Webster]
"Those wicked panders to avarice and ambition." [1913 Webster]

pander, v. t.

To play the pander for. [1913 Webster]

to pander to v. t. To appeal to (base emotions or less noble desires), so as to achieve one's purpose; to exploit (base emotions, such as lust, prejudice, or hate).

pander, v. i.

To act the part of a pander. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pander, v. & n.
--v.intr. (foll. by to) gratify or indulge a person, a desire or weakness, etc.
--n.
1 a go-between in illicit love affairs; a procurer.
2 a person who encourages coarse desires.

Etymology

Pandare, a character in Boccaccio and in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, f. L Pandarus f. Gk Pandaros

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THESAURUS

pander

bawd, bow to, bully, cadet, cater to, fancy, fancy man, gigolo, gratify, humor, indulge, madam, maquereau, pander to, panderer, pimp, procure, procurer, procuress, prostitute, satisfy, solicit, solicitor, truckle to, white slaver, whoremonger, yield to

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ROGET THESAURUS

pander

Libertine

N libertine, voluptuary, rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell, fast man, intrigant, gallant, seducer, fornicator, lecher, satyr, goat, whoremonger, paillard, adulterer, gay deceiver, Lothario, Don Juan, Bluebeard, chartered libertine, adulteress, advoutress, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, woman, woman of the town, streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece, frail sisterhood, demirep, wench, trollop, trull, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, slut, minx, harridan, unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman, woman of easy virtue, wanton, fornicatress, Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia, Lais, lorette, cocotte, petite dame, grisette, demimonde, chippy, sapphist, spiritual wife, white slave, concubine, mistress, doxy, chere amie, bona roba, pimp, procurer, pander, pandar, bawd, conciliatrix, procuress, mackerel, wittol.

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