Dragoman

drag'o-man, n.; pi. -mans. An interpreter, in the Levant and the East. en- Dragon, drag'un, n. (Myth.) A monstrous winged Eng. her serpent z ar d, or with liz- ^ ' / crested head the and claws. A fierce, violent -T, a. person. (As the tron.) A northern cons tell a and tion figured as | a dragon. A luminous exhalation from I marshy bulk; in; ing like a grounds, "movwinged ser- — i pent; a short! musket hooked Dragon. to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt, decorated with a drag-; end, eve, term; In, Ice; 5dd, t5ne, 6r j 117 DRAIN on's head at the muzzle. (Zo'61.) A genus of E.. Indian reptiles, having an extension of the ribs, covered with a fringe-like arrangement of the skin, which enables it to glide through the air for short distances. [In Scripture the term dragon is applied to marine fishes or serpents, to venomous land serpents, and to Satan.] — Drag'onet, n. A little dragon. (Ichth.) A fish of the goby family. — Dragoon', -goon', n. (Mil.) A cavalry soldier, — formerly trained to serve also on foot. — v. t. [deagooned (-goondO, -gooning.] To reduce to subjection or persecute, bv soldiers; to hara , force, persecute. 129