pander

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
  2. verb yield (to); give satisfaction to
  3. verb arrange for sexual partners for others

Etymology

From 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).

In classic literature

Synonyms

pimp, procurer, panderer, pandar, fancy man, ponce

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