pandar

Meanings

Noun

• A person who furthers the illicit love affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male.

Verb

• To pander (assist in the gratification of).

Origin

• 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.)