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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:
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)