PANDOUR

Etymology

From Medieval Latin banderius, a follower of a banner.

Noun

pandour (plural pandours)

One of a class of Croatian skirmishers serving in the Austrian army.

(obsolete) A robber.

Anagrams

• Panduro

Source: Wiktionary


Pan"dour, n.

Definition: One of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in the Austrian army; -- so called from Pandur, a principal town in the region from which they originally came. [Written also pandoor.] Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars. Campbell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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