dragoon

«dragoon» in Mova's school dictionary: a soldier who rode a horse and sometimes fought on foot — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (dragoon, dragoons)

meaning for a pupil

(old use) a soldier who rode a horse and sometimes fought on foot tree →

sense in the lessons

in old stories a group of noisy soldiers marching or riding somewhere

examples

• The dragoons rode into the town at dawn. tree →
• A troop of dragoons marched past the castle. tree →
• The king sent a dozen dragoons to guard the gate. tree →

note

nothing for maths; a count of dragoons is just a count of soldiers

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dragoon» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.