Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sexual procurer.
- noun One who caters to or exploits the lower tastes and desires of others.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who panders; a pander.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
panders .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
- noun a person who serves or caters to the vulgar passions or plans of others (especially in order to make money)
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Examples
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In some Latin American countries, the panderer is a sobón, or kiss-up.
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If you look up the word panderer in the dictionary, you'll see John McCain's picture. dan
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The charge that McCain had become a "panderer" irked Weaver and other aides to distraction — not because the idea so offended them, but rather because, as they said privately, they wished the senator would pander.
You Want McCain Breakdown Stories, We Got McCain Breakdown Stories! - Swampland - TIME.com 2007
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It dared to go somewhere and take the heaps of criticism piled on it from the left, as a "sell-out," "panderer," "hustler," media pimp" and so on that it regularly got for making the site broad and popular.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Misfiring on Arianna and AOL Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011
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It dared to go somewhere and take the heaps of criticism piled on it from the left, as a "sell-out,""panderer,""hustler," media pimp" and so on that it regularly got for making the site broad and popular.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Misfiring on Arianna and AOL Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011
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It dared to go somewhere and take the heaps of criticism piled on it from the left, as a "sell-out,""panderer,""hustler," media pimp" and so on that it regularly got for making the site broad and popular.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Misfiring on Arianna and AOL Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011
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It dared to go somewhere and take the heaps of criticism piled on it from the left, as a "sell-out," "panderer," "hustler," media pimp" and so on that it regularly got for making the site broad and popular.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Misfiring on Arianna and AOL Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011
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It dared to go somewhere and take the heaps of criticism piled on it from the left, as a "sell-out," "panderer," "hustler," media pimp" and so on that it regularly got for making the site broad and popular.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011
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Look at how many former Republicans stayed home instead of voting for a racial panderer like McCain.
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When a writer resorts to the likes of “sleazebag and Islamo-panderer extraordinaire,” I do tend to lose interest.
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