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pander

[pan-der]

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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.

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verb (used with object)

to act as a pander for.

Origin:
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.

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Example Sentences

Worse, often school administrations pander to these affluent-powerful parents' whimse.

We want people to actually do there freaking job instead of pander to the propaganda used to train the herd.

In other words, politicians pander because it works with dullard voters.

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Worse, often school administrations pander to these affluent-powerful parents' whimse.

We want people to actually do there freaking job instead of pander to the propaganda used to train the herd.

In other words, politicians pander because it works with dullard voters.

It would require leadership, and it's easier to pander than lead.

Greed and greed alone, as producers pander to their corporate backers' lust for a few more dollars.

Silly idea meant to pander to the worship of all things athletics.

But many businessmen worry that the next government may pander a bit more to its trade unions and communist allies.

They seem designed mainly to give politicians cover and pander to voters' desire to feel virtuous.

Maybe also in schools with administrators who pander to students.

Any other approach, it was feared, would pander to racists.

Companies, governments and international organisations pander to them eagerly.

Unfortunately, politicians pander because the people demand to be pandered to.

Partly because politicians prefer to pander to xenophobic fears than to explain immigration's benefits.

Not since pander entered the political lexicon has an obscure verb so suddenly come into vogue.

Attempting to pander to the preferences of students has always resulted in better education.

It is a photodrama in which the producers do not pander to popular appeal by portraying a happy ending.

He plays music that rarely challenges his own historical achievements, and that in its simplicity seems to pander to his audience.

If the people did not demand it then politicians who pander would not be elected.

Wagner never breaks character to pander to his fans as a lesser actor or bigger ego might.

It is one thing to pander and obstruct when you are out of power.

McCain's occasional, tactical pander to the right because he has demonstrated that he has the character to stand on principle.

Some will say that such actions pander to a repellent elite.

He is also asking him to pander to a single group when the candidate should be running as president of all the people.

He does not have to pander to racialism to convey his message.

The nightclub manager realizes that he must pander to the hidden and unconscious snobbery of the great majorities.

Both big parties often felt they had to pander to anti-immigrant, if not xenophobic views.

They reasoned that an informal, late-night atmosphere is exactly the setting to challenge audiences, not pander to them.

The reform must overhaul the curriculum and not pander to teaching unions.

Rather, the problem would seem to rest with the political leaders who pander to the margins of the.

These candidates pander and rant on with tautological rhetoric now decomposing.

These are the group's dimmest songs, the ones on which they pander the most.

He tried to pander to leftists by asking for money for teachers, and by talking about higher taxes on the rich.

It is merely a set of racial talking points intended to pander to a demographic to which he cannot relate.

Net gainers are landlords, political parties that pander to them, and small businesses that employ them.

And sadly, they pander to the religious right, which is a bad thing.

Politico's cannot pander to specific demographics at the expense of the disenfranchised who tend not to vote.

He wonders why hotels, which go to such pains to pander to guests' bodily needs, are so negligent of their mental requirements.

They have all been suppressed by governments who pander to big businesses.

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World English Dictionary

pander (ˈpændə)

—vb (foll by to)
1.	to give gratification (to weaknesses or desires)
2.	(archaic when tr) to act as a go-between in a sexual intrigue (for)

—n
3.	a person who caters for vulgar desires, esp in order to make money
4.	a person who procures a sexual partner for another; pimp

[C16 (n): from PandarePandarus]

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Word Origin & History

pander

"arranger of sexual liaisons, one who supplies another with the means of gratifying lust," 1520s, "procurer, pimp," from M.E. Pandare (late 14c.), used by Chaucer ("Troylus and Cryseyde"), who borrowed it from Boccaccio (who had it in It. form Pandaro in "Filostrato") as name of the prince who procured

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the love of Cressida (his niece in Chaucer, his cousin in Boccaccio) for Troilus. The story and the name are of medieval invention. Spelling influenced by agent suffix -er. The verb meaning "to indulge, to minister to base passions" is first recorded c.1600.

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Medical Dictionary

Pander Pan·der (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.

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