panjandrum
pan·jan·drum
noun \pan-ˈjan-drəm\ plural pan·jan·drums also pan·jan·dra\-drə\
Definition of PANJANDRUM
: a powerful personage or pretentious official
Origin of PANJANDRUM
Grand Panjandrum, burlesque title of an imaginary personage in some nonsense lines by Samuel Foote
First Known Use: 1856
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