pander

[ pan-der ]

/ ˈpæn dər /

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noun Also pan·der·er.

a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.

a person who caters to or profits from the weaknesses or vices of others.

a go-between in amorous intrigues.

verb (used without object)

to act as a pander; cater basely: to pander to the vile tastes of vulgar persons.

verb (used with object)

to act as a pander for.

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Origin of pander

1325–75; earlier pandar(e), generalized use of Middle English name Pandare Pandarus

Related formspan·der·age, nounpan·der·ing·ly, adverbpan·der·ism, nounpan·der·ly, adjective

Can be confusedpanda pander

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He was the constant companion of the king, to whose vices he pandered, and through him the royal favor flowed.
A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon|John Lord, A.M.
What we should call a reporter he, on one occasion, mildly spoke of as a "miscreant who pandered for the press."
James Fenimore Cooper|Thomas R. Lounsbury

And to cap it all, at the psychological moment, Yunsan pandered the Emperor to novelties of excess that had been long preparing.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)|Jack London
Thus they first created a bad taste, and then pandered to it.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No.394, August, 1848|Various
In large towns there was a class that pandered to the vices of the licentious.
The Chautauquan, Vol. III, February 1883|The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle

British Dictionary definitions for pandered

pander

/ (ˈpændə) /

verb

(intr foll by to) to give gratification (to weaknesses or desires)

(archaic when tr) to act as a go-between in a sexual intrigue (for)

noun Also: panderer

a person who caters for vulgar desires, esp in order to make money

a person who procures a sexual partner for another; pimp

Word Origin for pander

C16 (n): from Pandare Pandarus

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Word Origin and History for pandered

pander

"arranger of sexual liaisons, one who supplies another with the means of gratifying lust," 1520s, "procurer, pimp," from Middle English Pandare (late 14c.), used by Chaucer ("Troylus and Cryseyde"), who borrowed it from Boccaccio (who had it in Italian form Pandaro in "Filostrato") as name of the prince (Greek Pandaros), who procured the love of Cressida (his niece in Chaucer, his cousin in Boccaccio) for Troilus. The story and the name are medieval inventions. Spelling influenced by agent suffix -er.

pander

"to indulge (another), to minister to base passions," c.1600, from pander (n.). Related: Pandered; pandering.

Medicine definitions for pandered

Pander

[ pän′dər ]

Christian Heinrich 1794-1865

Russian-born German anatomist and pioneer embryologist. With Karl Ernst von Baer he discovered the distinct structural layers of the chick embryo.

pander

noun Also pan·der·er.

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verb (used with object)

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