panthan

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English

Noun

panthan (plural panthans)

  1. (science fiction) A Martian mercenary.
    • 1900, Archibald Clavering Gunter, Tangled Flags: A Novel, page 223:
      Three Sikhs with three mules attempt to take it to them down the causeway scourged by the Chinese fire. First a mule drops, but the tall, gaunt-featured, turbaned panthans stride on. Then a turban goes down; then another turban; and the third ...
    • 1941, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Llana of Gathol and John Carter of Mars:
      I asked each man his name and his past experience; there were, among the twenty-three, eleven panthans and twelve assassins; and they had fought all over the world. Seven of the panthans were from Helium, ...
  2. Alternative form of panth (Indian religious tradition).