The Collaborative International Dictionary
pandoor
Pandour \Pan"dour\, n.
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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.]
Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars.
--Campbell. Hence: A brutal soldier.
Wiktionary
pandoor
n. (alternative form of pandour English)