dragooner

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

dragoon (verb) +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

dragooner (plural dragooners)

  1. 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]

dragoon (noun) +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

dragooner (plural dragooners)

  1. (archaic) A dragoon.

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