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pandour

/pan-door/US // ˈpæn dʊər //UK // (ˈpændʊə) //

潘多拉,潘德尔,潘德,潘德勒

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : History/Historical. 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.
    • : a brutal, marauding soldier.

Examples

  • Except with his Pandour people, working what mischief they can, Neipperg does nothing.

  • Diligently scanning the Pandour stragglings and sputterings round him, which are clearly on the increasing hand.

  • The points of inrush, the tideways of these Pandour Deluges seem to be mainly three.

  • A scaffold was standing in the court, with two dead bodies in the Pandour uniform lying upon it.

  • Bancaleone had left the room; but an attendant opened the door, saying that a Pandour had brought a despatch for his Majesty.