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Panurge definition

Pan·urge (pan′ʉrj′; Fr pȧ nürz̸h′)

noun

the mirthful, roguish, cowardly companion of Pantagruel in Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel

Etymology: Fr < Gr panourgos, knavish, ready for anything < pan (see pan-) + -ourgos, worker < ergon, work

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