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pander

pan·der

UK/ˈpændə/ US/ˈpandə/ rare obsolete

noun

1.

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

verb

1.
2.

arrange for sexual partners for others

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Origin

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).

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