dragooner

English

Etymology 1

dragoon (verb) +‎ -er

Noun

dragooner (plural dragooners)

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

Etymology 2

dragoon (noun) +‎ -er

Noun

dragooner (plural dragooners)

(archaic) A dragoon.

Further reading

“dragooner”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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