Linda Oxnard added a comment - 25/Nov/08 06:46 AM + dragoon
noun (mil.)
Wikipedia suggests that the Spanish for 'dragoon' in the military sense is 'dragón'.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%C3%B3n_(militar)
Is the Catalan 'drac'? This is a wild guess and, I have to say, it doesn't appear in any Catalan monolingual dictionary as far as I can see.
dragó [GDLC]
4 ORG MIL 1 Soldat de cavalleria que portava sabre i carrabina i feia el servei igualment a peu i a cavall.
2 regiment de dragons Regiment mecanitzat de cavalleria.
Jaume Ortolà i Font added a comment - 25/Nov/08 06:51 AM És dragó.
dragó [GDLC]
4 ORG MIL 1 Soldat de cavalleria que portava sabre i carrabina i feia el servei igualment a peu i a cavall.
2 regiment de dragons Regiment mecanitzat de cavalleria.
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dragoon
noun (mil.)
Wikipedia suggests that the Spanish for 'dragoon' in the military sense is 'dragón'.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%C3%B3n_(militar
)
Is the Catalan 'drac'? This is a wild guess and, I have to say, it doesn't appear in any Catalan monolingual dictionary as far as I can see.