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Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: dragon 'dragon, gun, soldier with a gun'

dragoon

1 noun
     
Related topics: Army, History
dra‧goon1 [countable]
PMASH a soldier in past times who rode a horse and carried a gun and sword
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