pander Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
    procurer; pimp; fancy man; ponce; pandar; panderer.
  2. verb yield (to); give satisfaction to
    gratify; indulge.
  3. verb arrange for sexual partners for others
    procure; pimp.

WordNet

Pan"der noun
Etymology
From Pandarus, a leader in the Trojan army, who is represented by Chaucer and Shakespeare as having procured for Troilus the possession of Cressida.
Definitions
  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.
Pan"der transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Pandered ; present participle & verbal noun Pandering
Definitions
  1. To play the pander for. pander to (base emotions), to achieve one's purpose by appealing to a person's base emotions (less noble desires), as lust, prejudice, hate; to exploit base emotions
Pan"der intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To act the part of a pander.

Webster 1913