dragoon
IPA: drˈɑgun
noun
- (military)
- (weaponry, 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”)
- (by extension) Originally (historical), a soldier armed with a dragoon musket (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.
- (by extension) A man with a fierce or unrefined manner, like a dragoon (sense 1.2).
- A variety of pigeon, originally a cross between a horseman and a tumbler.
verb
- (Christianity, French politics, historical) 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”).
- (by extension)
- Chiefly followed by into: to force (someone) into doing something through harassment and intimidation; to coerce.
- (military, historical) To cause (someone) to be attacked by dragoons.
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Examples of "dragoon" in Sentences
- She was the former Dragoon of Light.
- The polearm is the Dragoon's most proficient weapon.
- More dragoons have engaged in the end of the battle.
- Damia utilizes the power of the Blue Sea Dragoon Spirit.
- Currently the page is a redirect to Legend of the Dragoon.
- Game cover for the PlayStation game, The Legend of Dragoon.
- The uniform is that of a Dragoon Guards officer of the 1840s.
- The Allies landed in the region in August during Operation Dragoon.
- A planned benefit of Dragoon was the usefulness of the port of Marseille.
- Dragoon was resuscitated in late June, and planning resumed at the same time.