pandering
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dər 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.
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| —vb (foll by to) | |
| 1. | to give gratification (to weaknesses or desires) |
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| —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 Pandare | |
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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
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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American Heritage
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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Example sentences
Voters and lawmakers may be moved by the stories or turned off by what they see as emotional pandering.
But the pandering and insincerity this engendered proved deadly.
Campaign season is filled with rhetoric and nationalist pandering.
The goal is audience maximization, and the consequence is often a pandering to the lowest common denominator.
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