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noun
A person who furthers the illicit love affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To pander (assist in the gratification of).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pimp, procurer, panderer, pander, fancy man, ponce
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wrongdoer, offender
Narrower terms: procuress, whoremaster, whoremonger
History
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.)
