dragoon
noun /drəˈɡuːn/
/drəˈɡuːn/
- a soldier in the past who rode a horse and carried a gun
Topics War and conflictc2(旧时的携枪)骑兵 词源early 17th cent. (denoting ‘a kind of carbine ’or‘ musket, thought of as breathing fire’): from French dragon ‘dragon’.