Talk:pandar

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  1. To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.
  2. To tempt, usually by appealing to improper motivators such as religious bias or racist opinions.
    The disdain and despair of civilization as a corrupting process were expressed with romantic fervor two centuries ago by Jean Jacques Rousseau. He flouted the cultivation of the arts and sciences as pandering to the luxury and idle curiosity of the rich, who thrive on the miserable toil of the masses.Dictionary of the History of Ideas.

[ pandar#Verb ] Both verb senses for this spelling - from what I can find, a pandar is one who panders - but the verb doesn't attach to this spelling. --Versageek 04:00, 5 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

There are enough Google book hits for the more common meaning of pander, but so few that I would think pandar should be labeled as a misspelling, and so I wouldn't suggest citing it. DAVilla 17:47, 5 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

RFV failed. DAVilla 15:56, 3 January 2007 (UTC)Reply

quotation for pander[edit]

The quotation for the noun is for "pander" with an e. Could someone find a correct quote? --Azertus (talk) 10:17, 6 September 2018 (UTC)Reply