PANJANDRUM


Meaning of PANJANDRUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pan-ˈjan-drəm ]

noun

( plural -drums also pan·jan·dra -drə)

Etymology: Grand Panjandrum, burlesque title of an imaginary personage in some nonsense lines by Samuel Foote

Date: 1856

: a powerful personage or pretentious official

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.