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Encyclopedia > Dragoon (disambiguation)
Look up dragoon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A dragoon is a soldier who fights as infantry but moves as cavalry. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... French dragoon, 1745. ...


Dragoon may also refer to:

Fictional uses: Dragoon Mountains are a range of mountains located in Cochise County, Arizona. ... Cochise County is located in the southeastern corner of the state of Arizona. ... Rampant Colt—The original logo of Colts Firearms Colts Manufacturing Company is a firearms manufacturer founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1847 by Samuel Colt in order to produce revolvers, which Colt held the patent on, during the Mexican-American War. ...


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Dragoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (613 words)
Statue of a dragoon on the Triumph Arc of the Louvres in Paris
Dragoons were organized not in squadrons or troops like the horse, but in companies like the foot, and their officers and non-commissioned officers bore infantry ranks.
Dragoons were the most efficient and economical form of cavalry for police work and guerrilla warfare.
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