'Pandour' definitions:

Definition of 'Pandour'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars. --Campbell. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence: A brutal soldier. [PJC]