a soldier in the past who rode a horse and carried a gun （旧时的携枪）骑兵 Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting ‘a kind of carbine ’or‘ musket, thought of as breathing fire’): from French dragon ‘dragon’.
| present simple I / you / we / they dragoon | 🔊/drəˈɡuːn/ 🔊/drəˈɡuːn/ |
| he / she / it dragoons | 🔊/drəˈɡuːnz/ 🔊/drəˈɡuːnz/ |
| past simple dragooned | 🔊/drəˈɡuːnd/ 🔊/drəˈɡuːnd/ |
| past participle dragooned | 🔊/drəˈɡuːnd/ 🔊/drəˈɡuːnd/ |
| -ing form dragooning | 🔊/drəˈɡuːnɪŋ/ 🔊/drəˈɡuːnɪŋ/ |