GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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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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