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.

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.