dragoon

Summary

dragoon ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,040 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• dragon is named after dragoon^[2].
• dragoon is a type of cavalry^[3].
• dragoon is a type of infantryman^[4].
• dragoon's Commons category is recorded as Dragoons^[5].
• dragoon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dragoons^[6].
• dragoon's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[7].
• dragoon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[8].
• dragoon's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• dragoon's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[10].
• dragoon's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[11].
• dragoon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include cavalry^[3] and infantryman^[4].

Origins

dragon is named after dragoon^[2].

Influence

Things named for dragoon include Dragonnades^[13].

Why It Matters

dragoon ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,040 views/month).^[1] dragoon has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[14] dragoon is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[15]

Entities named for dragoon include Dragonnades^[13].