panthan

Noun

panthan (plural panthans)

1. A Martian mercenary.
   • Three Sikhs with three mules attempt to take it to them down the causeway scourged by the Chinese fire. First a mule drops, but the tall, gaunt-featured, turbaned panthans stride on. Then a turban goes down; then another turban; and the third ...1900, Archibald Clavering Gunter, Tangled Flags: A Novel, page 223
   • I asked each man his name and his past experience; there were, among the twenty-three, eleven panthans and twelve assassins; and they had fought all over the world. Seven of the panthans were from Helium, ...1941, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Llana of Gathol and John Carter of Mars