单词 | pandour |
释义 | pandour /pan"door/, n. 1. Hist. a member of a local militia in Croatia, formed as a regiment in the Austrian army in the 18th century and noted for its ruthlessness and cruelty. 2. a brutal, marauding soldier. [1740-50; < F pandour(e) << Serbo-Croatian pàndur community or city policeman, pandour, prob. < Hungarian pandúr < Slavic *podari ( > Serbo-Croatian pùdar one who guards a vineyard), deriv. of *poditi to drive off, frighten; the Serbo-Croatian var. bàndur (17th century) may result from crossing with ML banderia or It bandiera troop, lit., BANNER] |
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