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panjandrum

[ pan-jan-druhm ]

noun

  1. a self-important or pretentious official.


panjandrum

/ 辫忙苍藞诲萧忙苍诲谤蓹尘 /

noun

  1. a pompous self-important official or person of rank
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of panjandrum1

1745鈥55; pseudo-Latin word (based on pan- ) coined by Samuel Foote (1720鈥77), English dramatist and actor
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of panjandrum1

C18: after a character, the Grand Panjandrum, in a nonsense work (1755) by Samuel Foote, English playwright and actor
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Roberts鈥 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 鈥淩ebel Women.鈥

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But you don鈥檛 have to see exact moral equivalence between Nazi Germany and Communist China to wonder whether today鈥檚 international Olympic panjandrums are capable of learning anything from their predecessors鈥 experience.

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That鈥檚 the date by which Trump, the panjandrum of the White House podium, has said he would like to start reopening the shuttered US economy.

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Two UK Tory panjandrums - architects of the PM's surprise victory - flew to Washington eight weeks before the US election and advised the Bush team to focus attacks on Clinton's character.

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鈥淒o you remember what all the panjandrums had to say?鈥

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