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Mounted Russian dragoon armed with an infantry long gun, c. 1710. Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward, dragoons were increasingly also employed as conventional cavalry and trained for combat with swords and firearms from horseback ...
7th Dragoon Guards. Dragoon Guards is a designation that has been used to refer to certain heavy cavalry regiments in the British Army since the 18th century. While the Prussian and Russian armies of the same period included dragoon regiments among their respective Imperial Guards, different titles were applied to these units.
Shield: The color of the Dragoons was Dragoon yellow (orange-yellow), shown by the color of the shield and the dragon is in allusion to the name Dragoon. The gold eight-pointed star on the encircling belt was the insignia of the Dragoons until 1851. Crest: This Regiment was organized in 1833 as the Regiment of United States Dragoons.
The designation "dragoon guards" was introduced in 1746 to recognise the importance of some of the most senior regiments, who rode large strong horses, without actually increasing their pay. [3] The more junior regiments, who rode lighter horses, were designated " dragoons " at that time, although some of them were subsequently re-designated ...
An early appearance of the Old English word dracan (oblique singular of draca) in Beowulf [1]. The word dragon entered the English language in the early 13th century from Old French dragon, which, in turn, comes from Latin draco (genitive draconis), meaning "huge serpent, dragon", from Ancient Greek δράκων, drákōn (genitive δράκοντος, drákontos) "serpent".
Dragoon, a character class in the Final Fantasy series; Dragoon, a Legendary Air Ride Machine in Kirby Air Ride; Dragoon, a Protoss mechanized infantry unit from the Blizzard computer game StarCraft; Acacia Dragoons, the military force in the video game Chrono Cross; Egg Dragoon, a boss in the video games, Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Generations
Modern fan illustration by David Demaret of the dragon Smaug from J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 high fantasy novel The Hobbit. This is a list of dragons in popular culture.Dragons in some form are nearly universal across cultures and as such have become a staple of modern popular culture, especially in the fantasy genre.
Dragoon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 209. [ 3 ] Dragoon is 17 miles (27 km) east-northeast of the city of Benson , and about 57 miles (92 km) southeast of Tucson, Arizona .