Pandar

Quick meaning: Pandar is a noun meaning To pander (assist in the gratification of).

Meaning

To pander (assist in the gratification of).

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

He had, during many years, earned his daily bread by pandaring to the vicious taste of the pit, and by grossly flattering rich and noble patrons.

From my exceſſe of moyſture, vvith ſuch coſt, / And can you yeeld no other retribution, / But to deuoure your maker, pandar, ſponge, / Impoyſner, all grovvne barren?

That degenerate aſſembly even pandared to the libidinous epicuriſm of this many-wived tyrant; and outraged, at his command, the rights of decorum, of juſtice, and of nature.

[…]not to be confounded by all the efforts of interested writers, who would abuse the valuable immunities of the press to the wretched purposes of venal detraction, and a lucrative pandaring to the morbid tastes of the public.

Word Forms

• pandars
• pander
• pandaring
• pandared

Synonyms for pandar

Depending on context, synonyms include pander, procurer, pimp, ponce, panderer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pimp, pander, procurer, ponce, panderer, pandour.

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