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Definition of panderism - 3 dictionary results

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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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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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