What does dragoon mean?
Definitions for dragoon
drəˈgundra·goon
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word dragoon.
Princeton's WordNet
dragoonverb
a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
dragoon, sandbag, railroadverb
compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
"They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"
dragoonverb
subjugate by imposing troops
Wiktionary
dragoonnoun
horse soldier; cavalryman, that use horses for mobility, but fight dismounted.
dragoonnoun
A carrier of a dragon musket.
dragoonverb
To force someone into doing something; to coerce.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
DRAGOONnoun
A kind of soldier that serves indifferently either on foot or horseback.
Etymology: from dragen, German, to carry.
Two regiments of dragoons suffered much in the late action. Tatler, №. 55.
To Dragoonverb
To persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.
Etymology: from the noun.
In politicks I hear you’re stanch,
Directly bent against the French;
Deny to have your free-born foe
Dragoon’d into a wooden shoe. Matthew Prior.
Wikipedia
Dragoon
Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward, dragoons were increasingly also employed as conventional cavalry and trained for combat with swords and firearms from horseback. While their use goes back to the late 16th century, dragoon regiments were established in most European armies during the 17th and early 18th centuries; they provided greater mobility than regular infantry but were far less expensive than cavalry. The name reputedly derives from a type of firearm, called a dragon, which was a handgun version of a blunderbuss, carried by dragoons of the French Army.The title has been retained in modern times by a number of armoured or ceremonial mounted regiments.
Webster Dictionary
Dragoonnoun
formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man
Dragoonnoun
a variety of pigeon
Dragoonverb
to harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers
Dragoonverb
to compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute
Etymology: [F. dragon dragon, dragoon, fr. L. draco dragon, also, a cohort's standard (with a dragon on it). The name was given from the sense standard. See Dragon.]
Wikidata
Dragoon
The word dragoon originally meant mounted infantry, who were trained in horse riding as well as infantry fighting skills. However, usage altered over time and during the 18th century, dragoons evolved into conventional light cavalry units and personnel. Dragoon regiments were established in most European armies during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The name is possibly derived from a type of firearm carried by dragoons of the French Army. There is no distinction between the words dragon and dragoon in French; both are referred to as dragon. The title has been retained in modern times by a number of armoured or ceremonial mounted regiments. The word also means to subjugate or persecute by the imposition of troops; and by extension to compel by any violent measures or threats. The verb dates from 1689, at a time when dragoons were being used by the French monarchy to persecute Protestants.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Dragoon
dra-gōōn′, n. formerly a soldier trained to fight either on horseback or on foot, now applied only to heavy cavalry as opposed to hussars and lancers.—v.t. to give up to the rage of soldiers: to compel by violent measures.—n. Dragoon′-bird, the umbrella-bird. [Fr. See Dragon.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
dragoon
Originally a soldier trained to serve alike on horse or foot, or as Dr. Johnson equivocally explains it, "who fights indifferently on foot or on horseback." (See TROOP.) The term is now applied to all cavalry soldiers who have no other special designation.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
dragoon
From the old fable that the dragon spouts fire, the head of the monster was worked upon the muzzle of a peculiar kind of short muskets which were first carried by the horsemen raised by Marshal Brissac in 1600. This circumstance led to their being called dragoons; and from the general adoption of the same weapon, though without the emblem in question, the term gradually extended itself till it became almost synonymous with horse-soldier. Dragoons were at one time a kind of mounted infantry, drilled to perform the services both of horse and foot. At present, dragoon is simply one among many designations for cavalry, not very precise in its application. This term is not now used in the U. S. service.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
DRAGOON
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dragoon is ranked #106096 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Dragoon surname appeared 168 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dragoon.
95.2% or 160 total occurrences were White.
4.1% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
Anagrams for dragoon »
gadroon
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dragoon in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dragoon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of dragoon in a Sentence
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia:
Olga is hitting Maria,and Maria is shouting like a big idiot. A Dragoon and a big idiot.
To dragoon man into the adoption of what we think right, is an intolerable tyranny.
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- جندي في سلاح الفرسانArabic
- принуждавам, драгунBulgarian
- dragounCzech
- DragonerGerman
- dragonoEsperanto
- dragónSpanish
- tragunEstonian
- اسوارPersian
- rakuunaFinnish
- dragonFrench
- dragonyosHungarian
- dragonoIdo
- dragoneItalian
- 竜騎兵Japanese
- 기병Korean
- dragonderDutch
- dragonPolish
- dragãoPortuguese
- dragonRomanian
- драгунRussian
- dragonSwedish
- dragan, hidrägun, drägun, jidrägunVolapük
- 龙骑兵Chinese
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