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Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
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pander
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"arranger of sexual liaisons, one who supplies another with the means of gratifying lust," 1520s, "procurer, pimp," from Middle English Pandare (late 14c.), used by Chaucer ("Troylus and Cryseyde"), who borrowed it from Boccaccio (who had it in Italian ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male. (Later panderer.) 2 An offer of illicit sex with a third party. 3 An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt. 4 (context by extension English) One ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN whim ▪ They travelled extensively, but he had to pander to her every whim . ▪ But healthy, durable enterprises refuse to pander to the transitory whims of their clienteles. ▪ Perhaps it would be wise to pander a little ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pander may refer to: Derek Pander , a fictional comedy character Pander (prostitution) , the facilitation or provision of a prostitute in the arrangement of a sex act with a customer Pander & Son , a Dutch aircraft company People with the surname Pander ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.] A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer. Thou art the pander to her dishonor. --Shak. Hence, ...
Usage examples of pander.
Christian Socials just pander to the worst prejudice, fears, and bitter jealousy.
Skhiva a worthy commander induced him to take one final crack at Pander shortly before departure.
Leaving the lock, Poet Pander watched the big sphere shudder and glide up.
It screamed so much, in one rising throb after another, that Pander slithered out of the cave, right out of sight, and sat in the cold winds until the noises had died down.
Careful not to move nearer, not an inch nearer, Pander offered it at full tentacle length.
Moon were howling again, Pander offered his tentacle-tip for the hundredth time.
Martian ones, Pander poured his thoughts through, swiftly, lest the warm grip be loosened too soon.
His formerly solemn features became animated, he made exclamations that Pander could not understand, and once he laughed at nothing for the sheer joy of it.
On two occasions he grabbed a tentacle-tip in order to tell Pander something, performing the action as if it were in every way as natural as his own speech.
Speedy was openly contemptuous of this manifest waste of effort, Pander set to and made a second mannikin.
And Pander dutifully waved back, always using his signal-tentacle because it had not occurred to him that any tentacle would serve.
He stood there, gazing at Pander with eyes that were very pale and very sharp.
The youngest and most sensitive of them ceased to be terrified of Pander after ten days.
On rare occasions, as a great privilege, Pander had permitted them to take up the sled for one-hour trips, alone.
An adult who claimed to know the conventional routine spoke solemn words over the happy couple before many witnesses, while Pander attended the groom as best Martian.