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   Pan·jan·drum

   /ˌpanˈjandr(ə)m/

   

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   • 1. a person who has or claims to have a great deal of authority or influence: "the greatest scientific panjandrum of the 19th century"

   Word Origin early 19th century: from Grand Panjandrum, an invented phrase in a nonsense verse (1755) by S. Foote.

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   Who wrote the Great Panjandrum?

   • cover of The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885), a picture book based on the text attributed to Samuel Foote, by the English artist and illustrator Randolph Caldecott (1846-86) – photograph: Aleph-Bet Books MEANING a pompous self-important official or person of rank ORIGIN The word is supposed to have been coined in…

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   Why is it called Great Panjandrum?

   • The name "Great Panjandrum" was chosen by Shute as a reference to Samuel Foote 's famous extempore nonsense paragraph (though Foote's term was actually "the grand Panjandrum"), and in particular to its closing line "till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots".

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   3 days ago · a pompous self-important official or person of rank. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C18: after a character, the Grand Panjandrum, in a nonsense work (1755) by Samuel Foote, English playwright and actor. Word Frequency.

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   There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun panjandrum. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Definitions of 'panjandrum' a pompous self-important official or person of rank. [...] More. Synonyms of 'panjandrum' • bigwig (informal), important person, somebody, heavyweight (informal) [...] More. Translations of 'panjandrum' English-Spanish. noun: jefazo, mandamás [...] See entry. English-German.

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   cover of The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885), a picture book based on the text attributed to Samuel Foote, by the English artist and illustrator Randolph Caldecott (1846-86) – photograph: Aleph-Bet Books. MEANING. a pompous self-important official or person of rank.

7. www.wordreference.com › definition › panjandrumpanjandrum - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

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   a self-important or pretentious official. pseudo-Latin word (based on pan -) coined by Samuel Foote (1720–77), English dramatist and actor 1745–55. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: panjandrum /pænˈdʒændrəm/ n. a pompous self-important official or person of rank.

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   noun. An important, powerful or influential person. synonyms. very important person. high-up. dignitary. VIP. high muckamuck. AI Feedback. exact ( 53 ) These sound great, and you talk to the high panjandrum about running it, then it turns out you have to charge a fortune. 1. The Guardian.

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   A person who has or claims to have a great deal of authority or influence. The word comes from Grand Panjandrum, an invented phrase in a nonsense passage composed in 1755 by the English actor and dramatist Samuel Foote (1720–77) to test the vaunted memory of the actor Charles Macklin (1697?–1797).