pandour

English

Alternative forms

• pandur, pandoor

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian pandur, from Medieval Latin banderius, a follower of a banner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpændʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈpændɔː(ɹ)/

Noun

pandour (plural pandours)

1. One of a class of Croatian skirmishers serving in the Austrian army.
   • 1799, Thomas Campbell, Pleasure of Hope:

     her whisker'd pandours and her fierce hussars

2. (obsolete) A robber.

Anagrams

• Panduro