panderer

[pan-der-er]

noun

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

2. a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sex acts; procurer; pimp.

3. a go-between in amorous intrigues.

Word History and Origins

Origin of panderer¹

First recorded in 1825–30; pander ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

The Democrats look like anxious, reactive petitioners and panderers who need polls to tell them how to define justice.

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To many people, it makes him look indomitable—and other politicians like panderers by comparison.

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"That's the cost of clarity. He tells it like it is, he's not a panderer," another Macron lawmaker said.

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Also, panderers, seducers, traffickers in flattery, false prophets, braggarts and thieves.

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The evil of Trumpism has been unleashed, abetted by the GOP panderers.

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