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See more synonyms for pander on Thesaurus.com 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. Show More
verb (used without object) to act as a pander; cater basely: to pander to the vile tastes of vulgar persons. Show More
Origin of pander 1325–75; earlier
pandar(e ), generalized use of
Middle English name
Pandare Pandarus Related forms pan·der·age , noun pan·der·ing·ly , adverb pan·der·ism , noun pan·der·ly , adjective Can be confused panda pander Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for pandered Contemporary Examples of pandered Brewer, the newspaper contended, pandered to her base by picking on kids who deserved support instead of mean-spirited bullying.
Michael Tomasky on how Romney pandered to the GOP base and offered no real solutions.
Historical Examples of pandered Others had merely amused his leisure or pandered to his vices.
Prejudices are pandered to in public, which in private are despised.
Thus they first created a bad taste, and then pandered to it.
And she pandered to his weakness, smiled upon it as if it were an epic strength.
Altogether, the instinct of sex is not pandered to in Oxford.
British Dictionary definitions for pandered (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) Show More
a person who caters for vulgar desires, esp in order to make money a person who procures a sexual partner for another; pimp Show More
Word Origin for pander C16 (n): from Pandare Pandarus
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Word Origin and History for pandered n. "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 .
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v. "to indulge (another), to minister to base passions," c.1600, from pander (n.). Related: Pandered ; pandering .
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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. Show More
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