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- noun Plural form of
pandour .
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Examples
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I feigned to lead such a charge now, shouting for pandours who consisted exclusively of Zak to follow.
The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987
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A gag was inserted between Aslitta's lips, his arms and limbs were bound, and two pandours dragged him away, while the count said:
The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I Jules Lermina 1877
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One of the pandours pressed the muzzle of his gun against Aslitta's forehead and threateningly said:
The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I Jules Lermina 1877
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He is poor and almost hopeless because the courts have refused him the inheritance of his cousin, the captain of the pandours whose enemies have accused him since his death, only while they lusted for his millions.
Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends 1843
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The pandours had thoroughly plundered the Prussian camp; they had taken not only the baggage of the poor soldiers, but all their provisions.
Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends 1843
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"Colonel," said Trenck, "do you remember the singular letter which I received six months since from my cousin, Baron von Trenck, colonel of the pandours?"
Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends 1843
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"Ah, the colonel of the pandours has answered you?" asked
Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends 1843
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"From Glatz, where the pandours carried me as a prisoner, and delivered me to Colonel Trenck."
Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends 1843
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"Ah! it is Trenck, with his pandours," cried the king, casting a searching glance at Frederick von Trenck, who stood opposite, with pale and tightly-compressed lips; he met the eye of the king boldly, however, and looked him steadily in the face.
Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends 1843
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The pandours had left the cloister; they had found the adutant of the king and borne him off as a rich spoil to their commander, Colonel von Trenck.
Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends 1843
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