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Definition of “pandour”

pandour (ˈpændʊə Pronunciation for pandour

Definitions

noun

  1. one of an 18th-century force of Croatian soldiers in the Austrian service, notorious for their brutality

Word Origin

C18: via French from Hungarian pandur, from Croat: guard, probably from Medieval Latin banderius summoner, from bannumban1

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