dragooner
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
dragooner (plural dragooners)
- One who dragoons; a coercer.
- 2015 September 18, Edmund de Waal, “Figurines in Dachau - Edmund de Waal on the Nazis’ love of porcelain”, in The Guardian[1]:
- The photograph shows Himmler as he walks past these glass cases, hands behind his back, reviewing his dragooners.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
dragooner (plural dragooners)
Further reading edit
- “dragooner”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.