Home › Words › P › pandourpandour/ˈpændʊə(ɹ)/pandour · noun — one of a class of Croatian skirmishers serving in the Austrian army.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).pandour is pronounced /ˈpændʊə(ɹ)/.EtymologyFrom Serbo-Croatian pandur, from Medieval Latin banderius, a follower of a banner.nounOne of a class of Croatian skirmishers serving in the Austrian army.e.g.“her whisker'd pandours and her fierce hussars” — 1799, Thomas Campbell, Pleasure of Hope:A robber.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pindari 59% match — A member of a band of Muslim plunderers and foragers in the Indian subcontinent from the 17th to the 19th century. vs pandour →grenzer 57% match — light infantry troops who came from the Croatian and Transylvanian Military Frontier in Habsburg Monarchy (later the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary), originally raised to defend Austria against the Ottoman Turks. vs pandour →hussar 56% match — A member of the national cavalry of Hungary, Croatia and Poland. vs pandour →hajduk 55% match — An outlaw, highwayman, or freedom fighter in the Balkans. vs pandour →uskok 53% match — A member of a group of irregular soldiers in Habsburg Croatia who inhabited the eastern Adriatic coast and surrounding territories during the Ottoman wars in Europe, and fought a guerrilla war against the Ottomans. vs pandour →skirmisher 53% match — An infantry soldier used for skirmishing. vs pandour →stradiot 51% match — A mercenary unit from the Balkans, recruited mainly by states of southern and central Europe from the 15th century until the middle of the 18th century. vs pandour →peltast 50% match — A type of light infantry unit in Ancient Greece who often served as skirmishers. vs pandour →