Definition of "dragooner" [dra•goon•er]

• A dragoon. (noun)

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• "Yon dragooner is quite certain that you are not here, and we can safely take advantage of his opinion."
• "( 'Squire Correspondence,' April 3, 1643), it will be seen that a dragooner was worth twenty pieces, while a charger could not be obtained under sixty."
• "'He was plaguy hot at first, but he soon came round, and he hath promised that if I pay for the hire of a dragooner as long as the war shall last I shall have back the piebald.'"