Library / English Dictionary

PANDERER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who serves or caters to the vulgar passions or plans of others (especially in order to make money)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("panderer" is a kind of...):

bad person (a person who does harm to others)

Derivation:

pander (yield (to); give satisfaction to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)

Synonyms:

fancy man; pandar; pander; panderer; pimp; ponce; procurer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("panderer" is a kind of...):

offender; wrongdoer (a person who transgresses moral or civil law)

Domain region:

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "panderer"):

procuress (a woman pimp)

whoremaster; whoremonger (a pimp who procures whores)

Derivation:

pander (arrange for sexual partners for others)

Credits