pander

== English == === Alternative forms === pandar === 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). === Pronunciation === (non-rhotic) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpændə/, [ˈpændə] (General Australian) (without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈpændə/, [ˈpændə] ~ [ˈpændɐ̝] (æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈpeːndə/, [ˈpʰeːndə] ~ [ˈpʰeːndɐ̝] (rhotic) (General American) (without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈpændɚ/, [ˈpʰændɚ] ~ [ˈpʰændɹ̩] (æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈpeə̯ndɚ/, [ˈpʰeə̯ndɚ] ~ [ˈpʰeə̯ndɹ̩]; /ˈpɛə̯ndɚ/, [ˈpʰɛə̯ndɚ] ~ [ˈpʰɛə̯ndɹ̩] Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ) Hyphenation: pan‧der Homophone: panda (non-rhotic) === Noun === pander (plural panders) A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer. Synonyms: panderer; see also Thesaurus:pimp 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. An offer of illicit sex with a third party. An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt. (by extension) One who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another. ==== Derived terms ==== panderism panderly panderous pandersome ==== Translations ==== === Verb === pander (third-person singular simple present panders, present participle pandering, simple past and past participle pandered) (intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification. Synonym: pamper (transitive) To offer (something or someone) in order to tempt or appeal, especially to base or improper motivations. (intransitive) To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp. (transitive, obsolete) To act as a pander for (somebody). ==== Synonyms ==== (to pimp): prostitute, hustle, whore out; see also Thesaurus:pimp out ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== demagogism === Anagrams === repand == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpanə/, [ˈpʰanə] === Noun === pander c indefinite plural of pande == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpan.dɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpan.der] === Verb === pander first-person singular present passive subjunctive of pandō