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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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