pander

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Translations 1.5.2 Related terms 2 Danish 2.1 Noun

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• pandar

[edit] Etymology

From Chaucer's character Pandare (in Troilus and Criseyde), from Italian Pandaro (found in Boccaccio), from Latin Pandarus, from Ancient Greek Πάνδαρος. (See also Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida)

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpandə/, (RP) IPA: /ˈpændə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpændɚ/, SAMPA: /"p{nd@`/
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[edit] Noun

pander (plural panders)

1. A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male. (Later panderer.)
   • 1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann's Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 190:

     It was not only the brilliant phalanx of virtuous dowagers, generals and academicians with whom he was most intimately associated that Swann so cynically compelled to serve him as panders.

2. An offer of illicit sex with a third party.
3. An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.

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to pander (third-person singular simple present panders, present participle pandering, simple past and past participle pandered)

1. (intransitive) To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.
2. (intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal to (improper motivations etc.); to assist in the gratification of.

   His latest speech simply seems to pander to the worst instincts of the electorate.

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• demagogism

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[edit] Noun

pander c.

1. Plural indefinite of pande.