Synonyms for panjandrum
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pan-jan-druh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : pænˈdʒæn drəm |
Top 10 synonyms for panjandrum
- big shot
- big star
- boss
- brains
- brass
- captain of industry
- celebrity
- CEO
- chancellor
- comptroller
- dignitary
- exec
- front office
- functionary
- governor
- head person
- headliner
- heavyweight
- higher-up
- idol
- incumbent
- magistrate
- marshal
- mayor
- megastar
- mogul
- nabob
- officeholder
- officer
- panjandrum
- person to be reckoned with
- premier
- President
- representative
- secretary
- star
- superstar
- top
- top brass
- top dog
- top drawer
- topliner
- treasurer
- very important person
- well-known person
Définition of panjandrum
Origin :- mock name for a pompous personage, 1755, invented by Samuel Foote (1720-1777) in a long passage full of nonsense written to test the memory of actor Charles Macklin (1697-1797), who said he could repeat anything after hearing it once.
- As in official : noun person representing organization
- As in big name : noun somebody famous
- Same thing, I reckon, by all that you tell about that Panjandrum and his goin's on!
- Extract from : « The Faith Healer » by William Vaughn Moody
- My Panjandrum is deposed and transported to herd with convicts.
- Extract from : « Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress » by George Bernard Shaw
- I would have died for my Panjandrum as my father died for his father.
- Extract from : « Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress » by George Bernard Shaw
- I should as soon have expected to meet the great Panjandrum himself!
- Extract from : « In the Days of My Youth » by Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards
- One player is chosen to be the Panjandrum, an important personage requiring a body guard.
- Extract from : « Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium » by Jessie H. Bancroft
- The object of the game is for the players at large to touch or tantalize the Panjandrum without being tagged by his guard.
- Extract from : « Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium » by Jessie H. Bancroft
- Panjandrum, pan-jan′drum, n. an imaginary figure of great power and importance, a burlesque potentate.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) » by Various
- All the ladies (only ten with the whole army) came to breakfast at half-past seven, and so did the great Panjandrum himself.
- Extract from : « Up the Country » by Emily Eden
- I live now for three objects only: to defeat the enemy, to restore the Panjandrum, and to hang my solicitor.
- Extract from : « Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress » by George Bernard Shaw
- The Republic of Beotia has been compelled to confine the Panjandrum and his family, for their own safety, within certain bounds.
- Extract from : « Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress » by George Bernard Shaw
Antonyms for panjandrum
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