pandoer

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Dutch

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian pandur, from bandur, from Latin banderarius (“(knight) banneret”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ur
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Noun

pandoer m or n (plural pandoeren, diminutive pandoertje n)

  1. (originally) a member of an 18th-century Habsburg imperial Croatian regiment to fight the Ottoman Turks
  2. (figuratively, from their violent reputation) a ruffian, abusive person
  3. (also in the plural: pandoeren, also a verb) The name of a card game where a player can call pandoer!

Verb

pandoer

  1. inflection of pandoeren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Usage notes

The neutral is for the card game only.

References

  • van Veen, P.A.F., van der Sijs, Nicoline (1997) Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden (in Dutch), Utrecht, Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN
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