pandar
UK/ˈpændə/
pandar noun: a person who furthers the illicit love affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male.
Noun
pandar (plural pandars)
- A person who furthers the illicit love affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male.
- From my exceſſe of moyſture, vvith ſuch coſt, / And can you yeeld no other retribution, / But to deuoure your maker, pandar, ſponge, / Impoyſner, all grovvne barren?c. 1607–1621 (date written), [Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher; Philip Massinger], The Tragedy of Thierry King of France, and His Brother Theodoret. […], London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Thomas...
Verb
pandar (third-person singular simple present pandars, present participle pandaring, simple past and past participle pandared)
- To pander (assist in the gratification of).
- That degenerate aſſembly even pandared to the libidinous epicuriſm of this many-wived tyrant; and outraged, at his command, the rights of decorum, of juſtice, and of nature.1795, Paul Dunvan, Ancient and Modern History of Lewes and Brighthelmston, page 397
- […]not to be confounded by all the efforts of interested writers, who would abuse the valuable immunities of the press to the wretched purposes of venal detraction, and a lucrative pandaring to the morbid tastes of the public.1827, Law of Libel—State of the Press: The Quarterly Review, volume 35, London, page 608
Forms of pandar
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pandars |
| alternative form | pander |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | pandars |
| present participle | pandaring |
| past participle | pandared |
| past | pandared |
Origin of pandar
From Chaucer’s character Pandare (in Troilus and Criseyde), from Italian Pandaro (found in Boccaccio), from Latin Pandarus, from Ancient Greek Πάνδαρος (Pándaros). (See also Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida.)
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Questions about pandar
- What does pandar mean?
- Pandar means a person who furthers the illicit love affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male.
- What part of speech is pandar?
- Pandar can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce pandar?
- Pandar is pronounced /ˈpændə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pandar?
- The plural of pandar is pandars.
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