PANDER


Meaning of PANDER in English

v. & n.

v.intr. (foll. by to) gratify or indulge a person, a desire or weakness, etc.

n. 1 a go-between in illicit love affairs; a procurer. 2 a person who encourages coarse desires.

[ Pandare, a character in Boccaccio and in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, f. L Pandarus f. Gk Pandaros ]

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