dragoun

Borrowed from French dragon from Latin dracō (“dragon”);^[1] named either after a military flag or a type of gun.^[2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈdraɡou̯n]

dragoun m anim

1. (military) dragoon (member of the light cavalry)
2. dragoon (type of pigeon)

dragoun m inan

1. fabric belt on the back of a coat/cloak

• “dragoun”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “dragoun”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• dragon, dragoune, dragun

Borrowed from Old French dragon, from Latin dracō, dracōnem, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Doublet of drake (“dragon”).

• IPA^(key): /draˈɡuːn/, /ˈdraɡun/

dragoun (plural dragouns)

1. An dragon, drake, wyrm (mythological creature)
2. (heraldry) A heraldic image of a dragon
3. (biblical) A serpent or reptilian monster
4. (biblical) Satan; the Devil
5. (alchemy) sophic mercury
6. (astronomy) The orbit of the moon
7. (astronomy) A comet
8. (figurative) An evil, immoral person

• English: dragon (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: draigon

• “dragoun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.