Pandour

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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}.]


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              Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars.
                                                    --Campbell.
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     2. Hence: A brutal soldier.
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