Both Uses of
dragoon
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- However, as he was a favorite with Cucumetto, as he had for three years faithfully served him, and as he had saved his life by shooting a dragoon who was about to cut him down, he hoped the chief would have pity on him.†
Chpt 33-34 *
- "I tell you it is too late; early this morning the telegraph was employed, and at this very minute"— "Sir," said the valet de chambre, entering the room, "a dragoon has brought this despatch from the minister of the interior."†
Chpt 99-100
Definition:
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(dragoon) a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
or:
force someone to do something; or subjugate by imposing troops