dragoon Definition
dra·goon (drə go̵̅o̅n′)
noun
- Historical
- a mounted soldier armed with a short musket (called a dragon), capable of fighting on horseback or on foot
- a heavily armed cavalryman
- a member of a Canadian armored cavalry regiment
Etymology: Fr dragon (see dragon): ? so called from their fire-breathing weapons
transitive verb
- Historical to harass or persecute by dragoons
- to force (someone) into doing something; coerce
dragoon Usage Examples
Object
number: In 1894 Erzherzog Joseph was transferred to dragoon regiment number 6 where he received his promotion to Rittmeister on the 1st of November 1898.
Converse of object
- command: At dawn on 23 September, Essex's advance guard of about 1,000 horse and dragoons commanded by Colonel Nathaniel Fiennes approached Worcester.
- mount: The Jacobites numbered at most 5,000 men, while the Government army facing them was perhaps 8,000 strong, including 800 mounted dragoons.
Adjective modifier
- Irish: Based on: Charles O'Malley, the Irish dragoon / C.J. Lever.
- light: Light dragoons, threes right; at a trot, march!
- heavy: The Thirteenth, raised as heavy dragoons ( mounted infantrymen ) as early as 1715, were also converted to the light role.
Modifies a noun
- regiment: In May 1891 he returned to the troops with dragoon regiment number 9 and two years later married Rosa Carol Vay.
- number: In May 1891 he returned to the troops with dragoon regiment number 9 and two years later married Rosa Carol Vay.
- guard: Dragoon Guard pattern with red plume, white plume for the band.
- officer: Although a dragoon officer, he says he did not think it prudent to ride down.
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