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dragooner

dragooner noun: one who dragoons; a coercer.

Noun (1)

dragooner (plural dragooners)

  1. One who dragoons; a coercer.
    • The photograph shows Himmler as he walks past these glass cases, hands behind his back, reviewing his dragooners.2015 September 18, Edmund de Waal, “Figurines in Dachau - Edmund de Waal on the Nazis’ love of porcelain”, in The Guardian

Noun (2)

dragooner (plural dragooners)

  1. (archaic) A dragoon.

Forms of dragooner

pluraldragooners

Origin of dragooner

From dragoon (verb) + -er.

From dragoon (noun) + -er.

Questions about dragooner

What does dragooner mean?
Dragooner means one who dragoons; a coercer.
What part of speech is dragooner?
Dragooner is a noun.
What is the plural of dragooner?
The plural of dragooner is dragooners.

Words near dragooner in the dictionary

  1. dragoon bird
  2. dragoon birds
  3. dragoonade
  4. dragoonades
  5. dragooned
  6. dragooner
  7. dragooners
  8. dragooning
  9. dragoons
  10. Dragoos
  11. Dragos

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