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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The leader of the Lycians, slain by Diomedes in the Iliad.
- noun The procurer of Cressida for Troilus in medieval romance.
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- proper noun Greek mythology An
archer on the side ofTroy in theTrojan War who precipitates the war by breaking atruce .
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Examples
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Is it just my imagination, or are many of the men in the program, like Pandarus, trying to eavesdrop on my conversation?
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Well, forty is kind of old to be marrying a 20-year-old, unless maybe you're an older male prof who identifies with Pandarus...
Feeling Ancient Bardiac 2008
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I'm sure it will all come rushing back "Quod Pandarus, 'Thow wrecched mouses herte" and all that.
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I'm sure it will all come rushing back "Quod Pandarus, 'Thow wrecched mouses herte" and all that.
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I'm sure it will all come rushing back "Quod Pandarus, 'Thow wrecched mouses herte" and all that.
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Her comparison results in observing the complexity of Chaucer's treatment of the beginning of Book II, Pandarus awakening to hear the swallow "Proigne", a realization she delightfully calls a "clincher".
Troilus and Criseyde, ed. Stephen Barney (Norton, 2006) Miglior acque 2008
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Pandarus in the AEneid, ready to defend the entrance if aught hostile had ventured an intrusion.
A Legend of Montrose 2008
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When I first studied Chaucer, I had an older male prof who clearly identified with Pandarus.
Feeling Ancient Bardiac 2008
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Her comparison results in observing the complexity of Chaucer's treatment of the beginning of Book II, Pandarus awakening to hear the swallow "Proigne", a realization she delightfully calls a "clincher".
Archive 2008-09-01 Miglior acque 2008
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When I first studied Chaucer, I had an older male prof who clearly identified with Pandarus.
Archive 2008-10-01 Bardiac 2008
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