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- [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
see also:
pandoor
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