dragoun
Czech
Etymology
From French dragon from Latin dracō (“dragon”);[1] named either after a military flag or a type of gun.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
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Declension
References
Further reading
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French dragon.
Pronunciation
Noun
dragoun (plural dragouns)
- An dragon, drake, wyrm (mythological creature)
- (heraldry) A heraldic image of a dragon
- (biblical) A serpent or reptilian monster
- (biblical) Satan; the Devil
- (alchemy) sophic mercury
- (astronomy) The orbit of the moon
- (astronomy) A comet
- (figurative) An evil, immoral person
Descendants
References
- “dragoun (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
Categories:
- Czech terms borrowed from French
- Czech terms derived from French
- Czech terms derived from Latin
- Czech 2-syllable words
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- cs:Military
- Middle English terms borrowed from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Old French
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- enm:Heraldry
- enm:Bible
- enm:Alchemy
- enm:Astronomy
- enm:Mythology