Dragoon

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɹəˈgun/
• Rhymes: -uːn

Origin

From French dragon

Full definition of dragoon

Noun

1. (military) A horse soldier; a cavalryman, who uses a horse for mobility, but fights dismounted.
• 1907, Robert Chambers, The Younger Set Chapter 2/1, His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers ; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon ; … .
2. A carrier of a dragon musket.
3. A variety of pigeon.

Verb

1. To force someone into doing something; to coerce.

Related terms

• dragooner

Anagrams

• gadroon