pander
Meanings
Plural: panders
Noun
- someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
- A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.
- An offer of illicit sex with a third party.
- An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.
- One who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
Verb
- yield (to); give satisfaction to
- arrange for sexual partners for others
- To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification.
- To offer (something or someone) in order to tempt or appeal, especially to base or improper motivations.
- To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.
- To act as a pander for (somebody).
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English pandare, from Chaucer’s character Pandare (in Troilus and Criseyde; see also Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida), from Italian Pandaro (found in Boccaccio), from Latin Pandarus (found in Greek mythology), from Ancient Greek Πάνδαρος (Pándaros).
Synonyms
abbot, bludger, bully, cock-bawd, dalaal, fancy man, fishmonger, flashman, fleshmonger, gratify, hoon, hustle, hustler, indulge, mack, mack daddy, mackerel, muttonmonger, nookie-bookie, pamper, pandar, panderer, pimp, pimp out, ponce, procure, procurer, prostitute, pussymonger, ruffian, souteneur, sweetman, whore out, whoreman, whoremaster, whoremonger
Scrabble Score: 9
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