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pan⋅der

  [pan-der]
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–noun Also, pan⋅der⋅er.
1. a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
2. a person who caters to or profits from the weaknesses or vices of others.
3. a go-between in amorous intrigues.
–verb (used without object)
4. to act as a pander; cater basely: to pander to the vile tastes of vulgar persons.
–verb (used with object)
5. to act as a pander for.
Origin:
1325–75; earlier pandar(e), generalized use of ME name Pandare Pandarus

Related forms:
pan⋅der⋅age, noun
pan⋅der⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
pan⋅der⋅ism, noun
pan⋅der⋅ly, adjective
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pan·der   (pān'dər)   
intr.v.   pan·dered, pan·der·ing, pan·ders

  1. To act as a go-between or liaison in sexual intrigues; function as a procurer.

  2. To cater to the lower tastes and desires of others or exploit their weaknesses: "He refused to pander to nostalgia and escapism" (New York Times).


[Middle English Pandare, Pandarus, from Old Italian Pandaro, from Latin Pandarus, from Greek Pandaros.]
pan'der n.
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Main Entry: pan·der
Pronunciation: 'pan-d&r
Function: transitive verb
: to sell or distribute by pandering pander prurient materials —Dunigan Enterprises v. District Attorney for the Northern District, 415 North Eastern Reporter, Second Series 251 (1981)> intransitive verb : to engage in pandering pander and receive the earnings of a prostitute —State v. Tocco, 750 Pacific Reporter, Second Series 874 (1988)>

Main Entry: pander
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English Pandare, character who procured for Troilus the love of Cressida in Troilus and Creseyde, poem by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1342–1400)
: one who engages in pandering : PANDERER
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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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