pander
A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of othersA person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.
» Magazines like these pander to horny straight men.
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4 sensesA person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.
An offer of illicit sex with a third party.
An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.
(broadly)One who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
- someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
Examples
5 sentencesMagazines like these pander to horny straight men.
That party is always pandering to the middle class.
ruЭта партия всегда старается угодить среднему классу. — Hellerick
deDiese Partei geht beständig der Mittelklasse um den Bart. — al_ex_an_der
That show tries to pander to children to push toys.
He's a pander.
I'm beginning to think that religious leaders are popular because they pander to the prejudices of the pack they call their flock.
ruЯ начинаю полагать, что религиозные лидеры популярны потому, что потворствуют предрассудкам стада, которое они называют своей паствой. — sharptoothed
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English pandare, from Chaucer’s character Pandare (in Troilus and Criseyde; seFrom Middle English pandare, from Chaucer’s character Pandare (in Troilus and Criseyde; see also Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida), from Italian Pandaro (found in Boccaccio), from Latin Pandarus (found in Greek mythology), from Ancient Greek Πάνδαρος (Pándaros).
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