*pandour*

n. 1. One of a class of Hungarian mountaineers serving in the Austrian army that served as local militia in Croatia; -- so called from Pandur, a principal town in the region from which they originally came. They were noted for their ruthlessness. [ Written also pandoor. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A brutal soldier. [ PJC ]