Pander

Noun

 * 1) A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male. (Later panderer.)
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) An offer of illicit sex with a third party.
 * 2) An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.

Verb

 * 1)  To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.
 * 2)  To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations etc.); to assist in the gratification of.
 * His latest speech simply seems to pander to the worst instincts of the electorate.

Thesaurus
bawd, bow to, bully, cadet, cater to, fancy, fancy man, gigolo, gratify, humor, indulge, madam, maquereau, pander to, panderer, pimp, procure, procurer, procuress, prostitute, satisfy, solicit, solicitor, truckle to, white slaver, whoremonger, yield to

Alternative forms

 * pandar

Etymology
From Chaucer's character w:Pandarus: (in Troilus and Criseyde), from w:Pandarus: (found in Boccaccio), from  w:Pandarus:, from  Πάνδαρος:. (See also Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida)

Pronunciation

 * , (RP)
 * , {{SAMPA|/"p{nd@`/}}

Noun

 * French: entremetteur
 * German: Kuppler
 * Italian: ,


 * Spanish:
 * Volapük: lupärodan,  hilupärodan,  jilupärodan

Verb

 * German: (1) kuppeln, (2) an etw. appelieren
 * Italian:, ,  fare da mezzano,  fare il magnaccia

Related terms

 * demagogism