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# dragoon

noun (dragoon, dragoons)

«dragoon» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use) a soldier who rode a horse and sometimes fought on foot [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragoon/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old stories a group of noisy soldiers marching or riding somewhere

### Examples

- The dragoons rode into the town at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragoon/#x1)
- A troop of dragoons marched past the castle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragoon/#x2)
- The king sent a dozen dragoons to guard the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragoon/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; a count of dragoons is just a count of soldiers

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dragoon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragoon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dragoon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dragoon.html) on Mova free.