Definitions of pander [ˈpæn dər]

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Definition of 'pander'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (Also, pan&prim;der&sylnb;er.) pander
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.

2. pander
a person who caters to or profits from the weaknesses or vices of others.

3. pander
a go-between in amorous intrigues.

4. (v.i.) pander
to act as a pander; cater basely:
to pander to vulgar tastes.

5. (v.t.) pander
to act as a pander for.

Etymology: (1520–30; ME PandarePandarus)

Definition of 'pander'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) pimp, procurer, panderer, pander, pandar, fancy man, ponce
someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)

2. (verb) gratify, pander, indulge
yield (to); give satisfaction to

3. (verb) pander, pimp, procure
arrange for sexual partners for others

Definition of 'pander'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) pander
a male bawd; a pimp; a procurer

2. (noun) pander
hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another

3. (verb) pander
to play the pander for

4. (verb) pander
to act the part of a pander

Translation of 'pander'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to give in to (a desire, especially if unworthy) Some newspapers pander to people's interest in crime and violence.
Afrikaans: probeer behaag	Arabic: قَوّاد الزَّانيات	Bulgarian: насърчавам
Brazilian: ceder	Czech: podporovat, podbízet	German: Vorschub leisten
Danish: lefle for	Greek: υποθάλπω	Spanish: acceder a, complacer
Estonian: (millegi peale) välja män	Farsi: دامن زدن؛ کمک کردن دیگران	Finnish: ruokkia
French: encourager bassement	Hebrew: לְעוֹדֵד	Hindi: झुक जाना
Croatian: podilaziti	Hungarian: cinkosságot vállal	Indonesian: menyerah, mengikuti kemau
Icelandic: höfða til	Italian: assecondare	Japanese: 迎合する
Korean: (천박한 것에) 영합하다	Lithuanian: nuolaidžiauti, pataikauti	Latvian: izdabāt; iztapt
Malay: memenuhi kehendak	Dutch: toegeven aan, voeden	Norwegian: lefle for
Polish: ulegać	Persian: دامن زدن؛ کمک کردن دیگران	Pashto: بوړى توب كول ( ددوو تنو د
Portuguese: mostrar cumplicidade com	Romanian: a insista	Russian: потворствовать
Slovak: podporovať	Slovenian: zadovoljiti	Serbian: podilaziti
Swedish: vädja till, ge efter för	Thai: ยุยง	Turkish: bayağı duygularını tatmin
Taiwanese: 迎合(不好的慾望)，取悅	Ukrainian: потурати	Urdu: مائل کرنا
Vietnamese: thoả mãn	Chinese: 迎合，奉迎
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