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}.]
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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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