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   Pandoor (?), n. Same as Pandour.
   
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   Pandour (?), 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.]
   
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   Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars. Campbell.
   
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   2. Hence: A brutal soldier.
   
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