PANJANDRUM


Meaning of PANJANDRUM in English

/pan jan"dreuhm/ , n.

a self-important or pretentious official.

[ 1745-55; pseudo-Latin word (based on PAN-) coined by Samuel Foote (1720-77), English dramatist and actor ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .