Pander

Quick meaning: Pander is a noun meaning A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.

Meaning

A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.

More Meanings

1. An offer of illicit sex with a third party.
2. An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.
3. (by extension) One who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
4. (intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification.
5. (transitive) To offer (something or someone) in order to tempt or appeal, especially to base or improper motivations.
6. (intransitive) To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To act as a pander for (somebody).

Example Sentences

Those wicked panders to avarice and ambition.

His latest speech panders to the worst instincts of the electorate.

Who knows what Brill really thought? But he pandered the rumor linking Spear to a whole string of dastardly deeds.

[...] both the Conservatives and Labour are guilty of pandering to the road lobby at the time of Beeching's The Reshaping of Britain's Railways report published in 1963.

Word Forms

• panders
• pandar
• pandering
• pandered

Synonyms for pander

Depending on context, synonyms include prostitute, hustle, panderer, abbot, bludger, bully.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pandar, pimp, procurer, ponce, indulge, gratify.

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