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pander (medicine)


pander


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)

Origin: From Pandarus, a leader in the Trojan army, who is represented by Chaucer and Shakespeare as having procured for Troilus the possession of Cressida

Source: Websters Dictionary


nonconformist (iou)



nonconformist noun & adjective. In sense A.1 & corresp. uses of the adjective usu. Nonconformist. E17.
[from NON- + CONFORMIST.]
A. noun.
(Usu. Nonconformist.) Orig. (now Hist.), a person adhering to the doctrine but not the usages or discipline of the Church of England; later, a member of a Church (esp. a Protestant one) separated from the Church of England. Also (gen.), a person not conforming to the doctrine or discipline of any established Church. E17.
A person not conforming to a particular practice or course of action. L17.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Nonconforming; of or pertaining to a nonconformist (or Nonconformist). M17.
nonconformism noun nonconformist (or Nonconformist) principles and practices M19.