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Definition of panjandrum in English: panjandrumnoun panˈdʒandrəmpænˈdʒændrəm A person who has or claims to have a great deal of authority or influence. the greatest scientific panjandrum of the 19th century as title the Great Panjandrum of this exercise is a management consultant Example sentencesExamples - Now get this straight, this is a man who has over the decades put himself forward as the adjudicator of honest, straight news reporting (the profession's panjandrums I've noticed over the years love to shower him with awards).
- After the 2000 election, the panjandrums of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council ascribed Vice President Al Gore's failure to win the presidency to his ‘business-bashing populism.’
- The jobs of chairman and director-general are usually bestowed upon people of epic self-importance, panjandrums who consider themselves to be famous and have indeed achieved much greatness in their respective spheres.
- Arledge, the late ABC sports panjandrum, set the tone of covering the Olympics.
- Lou Gerstner, high panjandrum at IBM, has been awarded an honorary knighthood in the Queen's latest birthday honours list.
Synonyms celebrity, famous person, very important person, personality, name, big name, famous name, household name, star, superstar, celebutante, leading light, mogul, giant, great, master, king, guru
Origin Late 19th century: from Grand Panjandrum, an invented phrase in a nonsense verse (1755) by S. Foote. This term for a pompous person is one of the few words we can say when, how, and by whom it was invented. It was coined in 1755 by the English actor and playwright Samuel Foote (1720–77) in response to the actor Charles Macklin's claim that he could memorize and repeat anything said to him. The word was part of a string of nonsense that went ‘And there were present the Picninnies, and the Joblillies, and the Garyulies, and the Grand Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at top’.
Definition of panjandrum in US English: panjandrumnounpænˈdʒændrəmpanˈjandrəm A person who has or claims to have a great deal of authority or influence. the greatest scientific panjandrum of the 19th century as title the Great Panjandrum of this exercise is a management consultant Example sentencesExamples - After the 2000 election, the panjandrums of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council ascribed Vice President Al Gore's failure to win the presidency to his ‘business-bashing populism.’
- Now get this straight, this is a man who has over the decades put himself forward as the adjudicator of honest, straight news reporting (the profession's panjandrums I've noticed over the years love to shower him with awards).
- Lou Gerstner, high panjandrum at IBM, has been awarded an honorary knighthood in the Queen's latest birthday honours list.
- The jobs of chairman and director-general are usually bestowed upon people of epic self-importance, panjandrums who consider themselves to be famous and have indeed achieved much greatness in their respective spheres.
- Arledge, the late ABC sports panjandrum, set the tone of covering the Olympics.
Synonyms celebrity, famous person, very important person, personality, name, big name, famous name, household name, star, superstar, celebutante, leading light, mogul, giant, great, master, king, guru
Origin Late 19th century: from Grand Panjandrum, an invented phrase in a nonsense verse (1755) by S. Foote. |