pander : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pander	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for pander
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pander n someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) Synonym(s): pimp, procurer, panderer, pander, pandar, fancy man, ponce v yield (to); give satisfaction to [syn: gratify, pander, indulge] arrange for sexual partners for others Synonym(s): pander, pimp, procure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pander \Pan"der\, n. [From Pandarus, a leader in the Trojan army, who is represented by Chaucer and Shakespeare as having procured for Troilus the possession of Cressida.] 1. A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer. Thou art the pander to her dishonor. --Shak. 2. Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another. Those wicked panders to avarice and ambition. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pander \Pan"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pandered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pandering}.] To play the pander for.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pander \Pan"der\, v. i. To act the part of a pander.