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A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer.

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  1. n. A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer.
  2. n. Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
  3. v. t. To play the pander for.
  4. v. i. To act the part of a pander.
  5. n. someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
  6. v. yield (to); give satisfaction to
  7. v. arrange for sexual partners for others
  8. 1. A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer. Thou art the pander to her dishonor. Shak. 2. Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another. Those wicked panders to avarice and ambition. Burke. To play the pander for. To act the part of a pander.
  9. v:100 v. arrange for sexual partners for others