Found 2 hits - Term: pandoor, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pandour \pan"dour\, n.
1. one of a class of hungarian mountaineers serving in the
austrian army that served as local militia in croatia; --
so called from pandur, a principal town in the region from
which they originally came. they were noted for their
ruthlessness. written also pandoor.
1913 webster
her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars.
--campbell.
1913 webster
2. hence: a brutal soldier.
pjc
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pandoor
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pandoor \pan"door\, n.
same as pandour.
1913 webster
see also:
pandour
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