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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PANDAR

PANDAR Pan "dar, n.

Defn: Same as Pander. "Seized by the pandar of Appius." Macaulay.

PANDARISM

PANDARISM Pan "dar *ism, n.

Defn: Same as Panderism. Swift.

PANDARIZE

PANDARIZE Pan "dar *ize, v. i.

Defn: To pander. [Obs. ]

PANDAROUS

PANDAROUS Pan "dar *ous, a.

Defn: Panderous. [Obs. ]

New American Oxford Dictionary

Pandarus

Pan da rus |ˈpandərəs ˈpændərəs |Greek Mythology a Lycian who fought on the side of the Trojans, described in the Iliad as breaking the truce with the Greeks by wounding Menelaus with an arrow. The role as the lovers' go-between that he plays in Chaucer's (and later Shakespeare's ) story of Troilus and Cressida originated with Boccaccio and is the origin of the word pander .

Oxford Dictionary

Pandarus

Pandarus |ˈpandərəs |Greek Mythology a Lycian fighting on the side of the Trojans, described in the Iliad as breaking the truce with the Greeks by wounding Menelaus with an arrow. The role as the lovers' go-between that he plays in Chaucer's (and later Shakespeare's ) story of Troilus and Cressida originated with Boccaccio and is also the origin of the word pander .