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Webster 1913 Edition

Pander

Pan′der

,
Noun.
[From
Pandarus
, a leader in the Trojan army, who is represented by Chaucer and Shakespeare as having procured for
Troilus
the possession of
Cressida
.]
1.
A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer.
Thou art the
pander
to her dishonor.
Shakespeare
2.
Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
Those wicked
panders
to avarice and ambition.
Burke.

Pan′der

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pandered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pandering
.]
To play the pander for.

Pan′der

,
Verb.
I.
To act the part of a pander.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pander

PAN'DER

,
Noun.
[L. mango.] A pimp, a procurer; a male bawd; a mean profligate wretch who caters for the lust of others.

PAN'DER

,
Verb.
T.
To pimp; to procure lewd women for others.

PAN'DER

,
Verb.
I.
To act as agent for the lusts of others.
1.
To be subservient to lust or passion.

Definition 2024

pander

pander

English

Alternative forms

Noun

pander ‎(plural panders)

  1. A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer. (Later panderer.)
    • 1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 190:
      It was not only the brilliant phalanx of virtuous dowagers, generals and academicians with whom he was most intimately associated that Swann so cynically compelled to serve him as panders.
  2. An offer of illicit sex with a third party.
  3. An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.
  4. (by extension) One who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
    • Burke
      Those wicked panders to avarice and ambition.

Translations

Verb

pander ‎(third-person singular simple present panders, present participle pandering, simple past and past participle pandered)

  1. (intransitive) To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.
  2. (intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in the gratification of.
    His latest speech simply seems to pander to the worst instincts of the electorate.

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Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpanə/, [ˈpanə]

Noun

pander c

  1. plural indefinite of pande

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpan.der/

Verb

pander

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of pandō

Etymology

From Chaucer’s character Pandare (in Troilus and Criseyde), from Italian Pandaro (found in Boccaccio), from Latin Pandarus, from Ancient Greek Πάνδαρος ‎(Pándaros). (See also Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida).

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