pander

Meanings

Noun

  • 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

Origin

  • From Middle English pandare, from Chaucer’s character w:Pandarus (in Troilus and Criseyde) (see also Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida), from Italian w:Pandarus (found in Boccaccio), from Latin w:Pandarus (found in Greek mythology), from Ancient Greek Πάνδαρος.

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