pandar

Meaning

Verb

To pander (assist in the gratification of).

Noun

A person who furthers the illicit love affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male.

Synonyms

pander

procurer

panderer

pimp

fancy man

ponce

procuress

wencher

whoremaster

whoremonger

Translations

proxeneta

macarró

xulo

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arlot

barbeau

maquereau

proxénète

souteneur

protettore

lenone

magnaccia

paraninfo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpændə/

Etymology

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.)