- Dragoon - Wikipedia
Dragoon is occasionally used as a verb meaning to subjugate or persecute by the imposition of troops; and by extension to compel by any violent measures or threats The term dates from 1689, when dragoons were being used by the French monarchy to persecute Protestants , particularly by forcing Protestants to lodge a dragoon ( dragonnades ) in
- DRAGOON Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of DRAGOON is a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed mounted troops Did you know?
- Dragoon | Napoleonic Wars, Cavalry, Mounted Infantry | Britannica
Dragoon, in late 16th-century Europe, a mounted soldier who fought as a light cavalryman on attack and as a dismounted infantryman on defense The terms derived from his weapon, a species of carbine or short musket called the dragoon
- Dragoon Soldier: Historical Background - U. S. National Park Service
The term "dragoon" came from the nickname for their weapon, the carbine or short musket, called "the dragon," which referred to the fire that emits out of the gun when fired, hence the term "dragon" or dragoon soldiers
- DRAGOON | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
DRAGOON definition: 1 in the past, a soldier who rode on a horse and carried a gun 2 in the past, a soldier who rode… Learn more
- Dragoon - definition of dragoon by The Free Dictionary
Define dragoon dragoon synonyms, dragoon pronunciation, dragoon translation, English dictionary definition of dragoon ) n A member of a European military unit trained and armed to fight mounted or on foot tr v dra·gooned, dra·goon·ing, dra·goons 1 To subjugate or
- dragoon - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
A German Dragoon as I thought him, gave me a rude Blovv vvith the Stock of his Piece on the Side of my Head, and vvas juſt going to repeat it, vvhen one of my Men ſhot him dead 1849 , Thomas Babington Macaulay , chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James II , volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans , →
- dragoon - definition and meaning - Wordnik
dragoon: A member of a European military unit trained and armed to fight mounted or on foot
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