pandoer
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Serbo-Croatian pandur, from bandur, from Latin banderarius (“(knight) banneret”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pandoer m or n (plural pandoeren, diminutive pandoertje n)
- (originally) A member of an 18th-century Habsburg imperial Croatian regiment to fight the Ottoman Turks
- (figuratively, from their violent reputation) A ruffian, abusive person
- (also in the plural: pandoeren, also a verb) The name of a card game where a player can call pandoer!
Related terms edit
Verb edit
pandoer
- inflection of pandoeren:
Usage notes edit
The neutral is for the card game only.
References edit
- van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN