panjandrum
[pan-jan-druh m]
noun
a self-important or pretentious official.
Origin of panjandrum
1745–55; pseudo-Latin word (based on pan-) coined by Samuel Foote (1720–77), English dramatist and actor
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Related Words for panjandrum
administrator, representative, minister, executive, bureaucrat, commissioner, agent, director, manager, officer, leader, secretary, premier, comptroller, exec, dignitary, top, magistrate, higher-up, governorExamples from the Web for panjandrum
Historical Examples of panjandrum
Same thing, I reckon, by all that you tell about that Panjandrum and his goin's on!
The Faith HealerWilliam Vaughn Moody
My Panjandrum is deposed and transported to herd with convicts.
Annajanska, the Bolshevik EmpressGeorge Bernard Shaw
I would have died for my Panjandrum as my father died for his father.
Annajanska, the Bolshevik EmpressGeorge Bernard Shaw
I should as soon have expected to meet the great Panjandrum himself!
In the Days of My YouthAmelia Ann Blandford Edwards
One player is chosen to be the Panjandrum, an important personage requiring a body guard.
Games for the Playground, Home, School and GymnasiumJessie H. Bancroft
panjandrum
noun
Word Origin for panjandrum
C18: after a character, the Grand Panjandrum, in a nonsense work (1755) by Samuel Foote, English playwright and actor
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