Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To act as a go-between or liaison in sexual intrigues; function as a procurer.
- intransitive verb To cater to the lower tastes and desires of others or exploit their weaknesses.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cater for the lusts of others.
- To minister to others' passions or prejudices for selfish ends.
- To cater for the gratification of the lusts or passions of; pimp for.
- noun One who caters for the lusts of others; a male bawd; a pimp or procurer.
- noun Hence One who ministers to the gratification of any of the baser passions of others.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer.
- noun Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
- intransitive verb To act the part of a pander.
- transitive verb To play the pander for.
- transitive verb To appeal to (base emotions or less noble desires), so as to achieve one's purpose; to exploit (base emotions, such as lust, prejudice, or hate).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who furthers the
illicit love-affairs of others; apimp orprocurer , especially when male. (Laterpanderer .) - noun An offer of illicit
sex with a third party. - noun An illicit or illegal
offer , usually totempt . - verb intransitive To offer
illicit sex with a third party; topimp . - verb intransitive To
tempt with, toappeal orcater to (improper motivations etc.); to assist in the gratification of.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb yield (to); give satisfaction to
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
- verb arrange for sexual partners for others
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Anyone who thinks it through or reads about economics will come to the conclusion this pander is a farce.
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Do ads in English "pander" to an English-speaking audience?
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Matthew Weaver thinks that ads in Spanish "pander" to a Spanish-speaking audience.
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This whole pander is perhaps the most disgusting, contemptible thing we've seen from her yet, and I doubt she's come close to hitting bottom yet.
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That the base to which they pander is the religious fundamentalist whose male dominance over females is renowned can no longer be in doubt.
Think Progress » Breaking: GAO Confirms FDA Put Ideology Before Science On Plan B 2005
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That the base to which they pander is the religious fundamentalist whose male dominance over females is renowned can no longer be in doubt.
Think Progress » Breaking: GAO Confirms FDA Put Ideology Before Science On Plan B 2005
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It's the latest attempt to appeal -- Democrats would use the word "pander" -- to the GOP conservative base at the election season looms.
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I'm not looking forward to a day where Republicans begin to pander, which is exactly what will happen.
J.C. Watts to GOP Top Four: "A Stupid Decision" (UPDATED) 2007
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A priest, and, as he says, a priest who might more appropriately be called a pander, seduced this witch with words of love and carried her off.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884
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Their dishes often include milk, yoghurt, an unpaged acid-set farmer cheese called pander and a clarified butter called ghee.
unknown title 2009
sionnach commented on the word pander
Origin: 1325–75; earlier pandar(e), generalized use of ME name Pandarus
October 26, 2007
tbtabby commented on the word pander
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4:
"reason panders will."
September 2, 2009
bilby commented on the word pander
Woohoo, some saucy nominal meanings.
February 14, 2016