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Grammar : Verb
Spell : pan-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæn dər

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Définition of pander

Origin :
  • "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 form Pandaro in "Filostrato") as name of the prince (Greek Pandaros), who procured the love of Cressida (his niece in Chaucer, his cousin in Boccaccio) for Troilus. The story and the name are medieval inventions. Spelling influenced by agent suffix -er.
  • verb cater to, indulge
Example sentences :
  • But, sir, surely you would not pander to a scoundrelly taste?
  • Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
  • But we for our part shall not pander either to the force-worshippers or to the masses.
  • Extract from : « The New Society » by Walther Rathenau
  • Does he not pander to my every fancy, and procure me whatever I momentarily desire?
  • Extract from : « Man and Maid » by Elinor Glyn
  • The world,” said Sara, “in the long run, despises those who pander to it.
  • Extract from : « Robert Orange » by John Oliver Hobbes
  • But art should not seek to pander to our ignorance; art should represent only truths.
  • Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
  • You must find, then, what pleases it, and pander to its tastes.
  • Extract from : « Tomlinsoniana » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • And she would take his words of the spirit and make them to pander to her own carnality.
  • Extract from : « The Rainbow » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
  • We shall have something to settle together presently, Mr. Pander!
  • Extract from : « Love and Intrigue » by Friedrich Schiller
  • What have I to do with one so easy, what with such a pander of a husband?
  • Extract from : « The Amores, or Amours » by Ovid
  • Did he pander to the barbarian view of the worthlessness of life?
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll

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