pan|jan|drum

pan|jan|drum
pan|jan|drum «pan JAN druhm», noun.
1. a mock title for an imaginary personage of great power or importance: »

So he died and she very imprudently married the barber and there were present the Picninnies, and the Joblillies…and the grand Panjandrum himself with the little round button at top (Samuel Foote).

2. any pretentious personage or official: »

There is not space here to describe methods by which the budget officer has become the grand panjandrum of public administration (New York Times).

╂[(coined by Samuel Foote, 1720-1777, an English dramatist) probably < Greek pan- all + -jandrum, a pseudo-Latin ending]

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