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pander
English
Alternative forms
- pandar
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 ???????? (Pándaros).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pænd?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?pænd?/
- (non-rhotic accents) Homophone: panda
Noun
pander (plural panders)
- A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.
- Synonyms: panderer; see also Thesaurus:pimp
- 1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 190:
- It was not only the brilliant phalanx of virtuous dowagers, generals and academicians with whom he was most intimately associated that Swann so cynically compelled to serve him as panders.
- An offer of illicit sex with a third party.
- An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.
- (by extension) One who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, a letter to a noble lord
- Those wicked panders to avarice and ambition.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, a letter to a noble lord
Derived terms
- panderly
- pandersome
Translations
Verb
pander (third-person singular simple present panders, present participle pandering, simple past and past participle pandered)
- (intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification.
- (intransitive) To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.
- (transitive, obsolete) To act as a pander for (somebody).
Synonyms
- (to pimp): prostitute, hustle, whore out; see also Thesaurus:pimp out
Derived terms
- panderer
See also
- demagogism
Translations
Anagrams
- repand
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pan?/, [?p?an?]
Noun
pander c
- indefinite plural of pande
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?pan.der/, [?pän?d??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?pan.der/, [?p?n?d??r]
Verb
pander
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of pand?
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follower
English
Etymology
From Middle English folwer, folwere, fol?ere, from Old English folgere (“follower; attendant; disciple”), equivalent to follow +? -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foulger, West Frisian folger, Dutch volger, German Folger, Swedish följare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?l???(?)/
Noun
follower (plural followers)
- (literally) One who follows, comes after another.
- Something that comes after another thing.
- One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
- One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
- An imitator, who follows another's example.
- A pursuer.
- (Internet) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.
- A machine part receiving motion from another.
- A man courting a maidservant.
- Young cattle.
- A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
- (Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position.
- (colloquial, dated) A debt collector.
Antonyms
- leader
- precursor
Derived terms
- followership
- nonfollower
Related terms
- following
Translations
Anagrams
- fowl-lore, refollow
French
Etymology
From English follower.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?.l?.wœ?/
Noun
follower m (plural followers)
- (Internet) follower (on Twitter and similar sites)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?.l?.we/
Verb
follower
- (Internet) To follow (on Twitter and similar sites)
Conjugation
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