dragoon
Synonym of dragonSynonym of dragon (“a type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel and a flared muzzle, metaphorically exhaling fire like a mythical dragon”).
» Tom's character is a dragoon.
Meaning
4 senses(historical)Synonym of dragon (“a type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel and a flared muzzle, metaphorically exhaling fire like a mythical dragon”).
(broadly)Originally (historical), a soldier armed with a dragoon musket (noun sense 1.1) who fought both on foot and mounted on a horse; now, a cavalier or horse soldier from a regiment formerly armed with such muskets.
Dragoner
драгу́нdragún
драгу́нdrahún
(broadly)A man with a fierce or unrefined manner, like a dragoon (noun sense 1.2).
A variety of pigeon, originally a cross between a horseman and a tumbler.
Dragoner, Dragoner-Bagdette, Dragonertaube
- a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
Examples
3 sentencesTom's character is a dragoon.
The Legend of Dragoon was one of the best video games on the original Playstation.
It was the dragoon regiment of Count O'Reilly that by a splendid charge saved the remnant of the Austrian army at Austerlitz.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is borrowed from French dragon (“dragon (mythological creature); type of cavalryThe noun is borrowed from French dragon (“dragon (mythological creature); type of cavalry soldier, dragoon”) (originally referring to a soldier armed with the firearm of the same name (noun sense 1.1)), ultimately from Latin dracō (“dragon; kind of serpent or snake”), from Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κων (drắkōn, “dragon; serpent”), possibly from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see, see clearly (in the sense of something staring)”), from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ- (“to see”)). Doublet of Draco, Dracon, dracone, and dragon.
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