pander

  • 51pander — [16] Pandaro was a character in Boccaccio’s Filostrato. He was the cousin of Cressida, and acted as go between in her affair with Troilus. Chaucer took him over in his Troilus and Criseyde as Pandarus, changing him from cousin to uncle but… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 52pander — pan·der || pændÉ™(r) n. pimp, one who manages a prostitution business v. manage a prostitution business, pimp; exploit the weaknesses of another person; gratify someone s desires, cater to someone s wishes …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 53pander — n. [Formerly written Pandar.] Procurer, pimp, male bawd …

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  • 54pander to — Subserve, minister to …

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  • 55pander — pan·der …

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  • 56pander —   n. someone who panders; pimp. v.i. help to gratify unworthy desires of others …

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  • 57pander — I One who caters to the lust of others; a male bawd, a pimp, or procurer II To pimp; to cater to the gratification of the lust of another. To entice or procure a female, by promises, threats, fraud, or artifice, to enter any place in which… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 58pander — A pimp; a procurer …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 59pander — [16] Pandaro was a character in Boccaccio’s Filostrato. He was the cousin of Cressida, and acted as go between in her affair with Troilus. Chaucer took him over in his Troilus and Criseyde as Pandarus, changing him from cousin to uncle but… …

    Word origins

  • 60pander — v. & n. v.intr. (foll. by to) gratify or indulge a person, a desire or weakness, etc. n. 1 a go between in illicit love affairs; a procurer. 2 a person who encourages coarse desires. Etymology: Pandare, a character in Boccaccio and in Chaucer s… …

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