panjandrum

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Roberts’ smoldering, high-beam intensity caught the attention of Joe Papp, a panjandrum of New York theater who cast Roberts in a Public Theater production of the Civil War drama “Rebel Women.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

Moments later, he took the rostrum to deliver a dart-sharp speech calling for a complete overhaul and rejuvenation of the Republican Party, from precinct captain to panjandrum.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the time they were written, such sentiments were heresy to the Left Bank literati and their grand panjandrum, Jean-Paul Sartre.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once Dr. George Mayhew, general panjandrum of student affairs, picked up the phone and heard a voice ask: "Dr. Mayhew, did you give permission for a 57-foot rocket to be built by Ricketts House?"

From Time Magazine Archive

He had somehow got hold of the regalia of the order and drawlingly announced himself as the great panjandrum who had come to take part.

From The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe by Hosmer, James Kendall