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pan·dour (pan′do̵or′)

noun

  1. a member of a force of 18th-cent. Croatian soldiers in the Austrian army, noted for their brutality
  2. any brutal soldier

Etymology: < Fr or < Ger pandur, both < Croatian pàndūr, constable, prob. < ML banderius, one who follows a banner: < WGmc banda: see banner

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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