Defn: resembling a dragon. Shak.
DRAGONLIKE
Drag"on*like`, a.
Defn: Like a dragon. Shak.
DRAGONNADE Drag`on*nade", n. Etym: [F., fr. dragon dragoon, because Louis XIV., in persecuting the Protestants of his kingdom, quartered dragoons upon them.]
Defn: The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade. He learnt it as he watched the dragonnades, the tortures, the massacres of the Netherlands. C. Kingsley.
DRAGON'S BLOOD; DRAGON'S HEAD; DRAGON'S TAIL
Drag"on's blood, Drag"on's head, Drag"on's tail.
Defn: See Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, etc., under Dragon.
DRAGOON Dra*goon", n. Etym: [F. dragon dragon, dragoon, fr. L. draco dragon, also, a cohort's standard (with a dragon on it). The name was given from the sense standard. See Dragon.]
1. ((Mil.)
Defn: Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.