Etymology
Origin of panderer
First recorded in 1825–30; pander ( def. ) + -er 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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"That's the cost of clarity. He tells it like it is, he's not a panderer," another Macron lawmaker said.
From Reuters • Mar. 25, 2022
A rival, Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, all but gushed: “I’m not a big panderer, but I do have to tell you: I love California. I have been coming here for a very long time.”
From New York Times • May 2, 2016
"He's not a panderer and he doesn't need to pander."
From US News • Feb. 26, 2015
He was a panderer, they said, an unctuous fake.
From Time • Apr. 3, 2013
But Dryden spent the best parts of his life as a panderer to the vices of the town, and was an idol chiefly, in Wills's Coffee House, of lampooners, and idlers, and scandal-mongers.
From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John
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