Talk:panjandrum
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a 'panjandrum' has also been used to refer to a person who takes charge without being given authority.
- Do you have any citations to support this sense of the word? Dbfirs 02:19, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
- The OED has a similar sense to the first and second of ours, but presented as one sense. The term doesn’t seem to carry the sense of “usurper”. † ﴾(u):Raifʻhār (t):Doremítzwr﴿ 11:43, 14 September 2009 (UTC)