Dictionary entry

Pander

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pan″der (?), n. [From Pandarus, a leader in the Trojan army, who is represented by Chaucer and Shakespeare as having procured for Troilus the possession of Cressida.]

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.