pander
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
Verb Forms: pandered, pandering, panders
- To gratify or indulge a person's low desires or weaknesses.
- 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).
Examples
- He refused to PANDER to his opponent’s ego by complimenting their lucky draw.
- His latest speech panders to the worst instincts of the electorate.
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
fancy man, gratify, indulge, pandar, panderer, pimp, ponce, procure, procurer, abbot, bludger, bully, cock-bawd, dalaal, fishmonger, flashman, fleshmonger, hoon, hustle, hustler, mack, mack daddy, mackerel, muttonmonger, nookie-bookie, pamper, pimp out, prostitute, pussymonger, ruffian, souteneur, sweetman, whore out, whoreman, whoremaster, whoremonger
Scrabble Score: 9
pander: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpander: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pander: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary