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panjandrum (noun) – An important or self-important person.

Source : The Free Dictionary

Etymology : 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.

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