panjandrum
Example Sentences
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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
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
He watched five disarmament conferences with a skeptical eye, came to be a journalistic panjandrum.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week Harry Truman, by right of office, was the presiding panjandrum at the nation's annual rite of spring, the Washington Senators' opening ball game.
From Time Magazine Archive
You must know George Sterling: he is the high panjandrum and a gorgeously good fellow.
From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Ambrose Bierce
