dragoon
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dragoon
- /dɹəˈɡuːn/ UK
- /dɹəˈɡun/ US
- /ˌdɹæˈɡun/ US
Rhymes with -uːn
Where it comes from
The 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, dragon, and drake.
The verb is either derived:
* from the noun; or
* from French dragonner (“to force (someone) into doing something, coerce; to torment (oneself)”), from dragon (noun) (see above) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs).
noun dragoons
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Synonym of dragon (“a type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel and a flared muzzle, metaphorically exhaling fire like a mythical dragon”).
[A] Lieutenant of a Troupe of compleat armed French Piſtoliers, is reputed better in degree then a Captaine of an hundred Foot, a Lieutenant of the late inuented Dragoones (being not aboue ſixteene inche Barrell, and full Muſquet bore) the Foot-Captaines equall, and the Lieutenant of a Troupe of Har
Similar: dragon
- 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. [T]he Lovv-countries haue produced another ſort of Horſe-men, vvhich their experience there haue found out to be of notable vſe, and they call them Dragoons, vvhich I knovv not vvhether I may tearme them Foot-Horſe-men, or Horſe-Footmen: for they are Muſquetiers on horſebacke, and are imployed for t
- A man with a fierce or unrefined manner, like a dragoon (noun sense 1.2). [T]o my great surprise two persons in the habit of gentlemen attacked me with such indecent discourse as I cannot repeat to you, so you may conclude not fit for me to hear. […] [F]ancy your wife or daughter, if you had any, in such circumstances, and what treatment you would then think due to such d
- A variety of pigeon, originally a cross between a horseman and a tumbler. Dragoons were originally bred between a Tumbler and a Horseman; by frequently matching them with the Horseman, they will acquire very great strength and agility. […] One of the principal beauties of the Dragoon is the straightness of the top of its skull, and that of its beak, which ought almost to
verb dragoons · dragooning · dragooned
- To subject (a Huguenot) to the dragonnades (“a policy instituted by Louis XIV of France in 1681 to intimidate Protestant Huguenots to convert to Roman Catholicism by billeting dragoons (noun sense 1.2) in their homes to abuse them and destroy or steal their possessions”). She [Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné] appears to have exulted in the extirpation of protestantism in Provence, by the power of her son-in-law, count de Gregnan [i.e., François Adhémar de Monteil, Comte de Grignan]; she even speaks with levity of the sufferings of the huguenots, dragoon
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Chiefly followed by into: to force (someone) into doing something through harassment and intimidation; to coerce.
In Politicks, I hear, you're ſtanch, / Directly bent againſt the French; / Deny to have your free-born Toe / Dragoon'd into a VVooden Shoe: […]
Similar: compel
- To cause (someone) to be attacked by dragoons. He [Samuel Wilson] says, for example, that he is opposed to locking men up without trial, but he refrains from pledging himself to releasing the suspects. He says nothing about the necessity for dragooning the Irish for abolishing trial by jury.
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noun soldier armed with a dragoon musket; cavalier or horse soldier from a regiment formerly armed with such muskets
| Español | dragón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 용기병 yonggibyeong |
| 日本語 | ドラグーン doragūn, 竜騎兵 ryūkihei |
| 中文 | 龍騎兵 /龙骑兵 lóngqíbīng |
| Português | dragão |
| Français | dragon, Yes it, da |
| Deutsch | Dragoner |
| Italiano | dragone |
| Ελληνικά | δραγόνος dragónos |
| Română | dragon |
| Русский | драгу́н dragún |
| Tiếng Việt | long kỵ binh |
| العربية | فارِس fāris |
| עברית | דרגון dragún, פָּרָשׁ parásh |
noun variety of pigeon
| Français | dragon, Dragon, pigeon dragon, pigeon Dragon, pigeon bec anglais |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Dragoner, Dragoner-Bagdette, Dragonertaube, Dragoner-Taube, Drachentaube, Drachen-Taube |
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