panjandrum
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of panjandrum
1745–55; pseudo-Latin word (based on pan- ) coined by Samuel Foote (1720–77), English dramatist and actor
Example Sentences
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John Simpson, one of the grandest of BBC grand panjandrums, was one of many journalists to spring to their own defense.
Roberts’ smoldering, high-beam intensity caught the attention of Joe Papp, a panjandrum of New York theater who cast Roberts in a Public Theater production of the Civil War drama “Rebel Women.”
From Los Angeles Times
That’s the date by which Trump, the panjandrum of the White House podium, has said he would like to start reopening the shuttered US economy.
From The Guardian
“Do you remember what all the panjandrums had to say?”
From The New Yorker
Once the grand panjandrums of China’s ruling Communist party have completed Tuesdays national day celebrations, additional, potentially fatal twists of their state security garrotte appear inevitable.
From The Guardian
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