pandoor

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pandour \Pan"dour\, 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}.]
      [1913 Webster]

            Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars.
                                                  --Campbell.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Hence: A brutal soldier.
      [PJC]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pandoor \Pan"door\, n.
   Same as {Pandour}.
   [1913 Webster]
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