dragun

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian draguni, from Latin dracō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /draˈɡuːn/

Noun

dragun m (plural draguni)

1. dragon
2. (military) dragoon

Related terms

• dragunett

 

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dragon

Etymology

See dragoun.

Noun

dragun (plural draguns)

1. A dragon.
   • 1382, Wyclif's Bible, Daniel 14:26:

     Therfor Daniel took pitch, and talow, and heeris, and sethide togidere; and he made gobetis, and yaf in to the mouth of the dragun; and the dragun was al to-brokun.

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Old French

Noun

dragun oblique singular, m (oblique plural draguns, nominative singular draguns, nominative plural dragun)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of dragon
   • c. 1110, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:

     Vint uns draguns flammanz mult cler

     Then a dragon appeared, breathing bright fire

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drǎɡuːn/

Noun

dràgūn m (Cyrillic spelling дра̀гӯн)

1. dragoon