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English

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishdragoun,borrowed fromOld Frenchdragon,fromLatindracō(n),fromAncient Greekδράκων(drákōn,“a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”),probably fromδέρκομαι(dérkomai,“I see clearly”).Displaced nativeOld Englishdraca—adoubletofdragon,as areDraco,dracone,anddragoon.

A European dragon. (Some notable countries are England, France, and Germany)
An East Asian dragon. (Some notable countries are China, Mongolia, and Japan)
The red dragon (sense 1.1) (depicted in the Flag of Wales) is the national symbol of Wales.
Sculptures of a pair of East Asian dragons (sense 1.2) on top of a temple.

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dragon(pluraldragons)

  2. Alegendaryserpentineorreptiliancreature.
    1. In European mythologies, a giganticbeast,typicallyreptilianwith leathery bat-likewings,lion-likeclaws,scalyskin and a serpent-likebody,often amonsterwithfierybreath.
      • c.1900,Edith Nesbit,The Last of the Dragons:
        But as every well-brought-up prince was expected to kill adragon,and rescue a princess, thedragonsgrew fewer and fewer till it was often quite hard for a princess to find a dragon to be rescued from.
    2. In Eastern Asian mythologies, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of astagand the claws of atiger,usuallybeneficent.
      • 1913,Sax Rohmer,chapter XIII, inThe Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu:
        These tapestries were magnificently figured with goldendragons;and as the serpentine bodies gleamed and shimmered in the increasing radiance, eachdragon,I thought, intertwined its glittering coils more closely with those of another.
  3. Ananimalof various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
    1. (obsolete)A very largesnake;apython.
    2. Any of variousagamidlizardsof the generaDraco,PhysignathusorPogona.
    3. AKomodo dragon.
  4. (astronomy,with definite article,often capitalized)TheconstellationDraco.
  5. (derogatory)Afierceandunpleasantwoman;aharridan.
    She’s a bit of adragon.
  6. (UK,slang,rare,derogatory)Anunattractivewoman.
  7. (with definite article,often capitalized)The (historical) Chinese empire or thePeople's Republic of China.
    Napoleon already warned of the awakening ofthe Dragon.
  8. (figurative)Something veryformidableordangerous.
  9. A type of playing-tile (reddragon,greendragon,whitedragon) in the game ofmahjong.
  10. A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.
  11. (military,weaponry,historical)Atypeofmusketwith ashort,large-calibrebarrelwith aflaredmuzzle,oftenhookedto aswivelattachedto asoldier'sbelt.
    Synonym:dragoon
    • 1886,Charles Gould,Mythical Monsters:
      our dragoons were so denominated because they were armed withdragons,that is, with short muskets, which spouted fire like dragons, and had the head of a dragon wrought upon their muzzle
  12. (computing,rare)Abackgroundprocesssimilar to adaemon.
    • 1995,Harley Hahn,The UNIX Companion,page420:
      Daemons andDragons.The print spooler is an example of a DAEMON, a program that executes in the background and provides a service[…]Strictly speaking, adragonis a daemon that is not invoked explicitly but is always there, waiting in the background[…]
    • 2018,J. K. Petersen,Fiber Optics Illustrated Dictionary:
      Many of the postmaster functions are actually handled by computer software such asdragonsand mailer daemons.
  13. A variety ofcarrier pigeon.
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Etymology 2

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Derived fromdrag queen.

Noun

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dragon(pluraldragons)

  1. (slang)A man who doesdragorcrossdresses,or sometimes by extension a male-to-femaletransgenderperson.
    • May 2017Michael Connelly shares excerpt from The Late Show
      Ballard felt her phone vibrate in her hand and turned away from the nurse. She saw a return text from Mendez. She read his answer out loud to Jenkins. “‘Ramona Ramone,dragon.Real name Ramón Gutierrez. Had him in here a couple weeks back. Priors longer than his pre-op dick.’ Nice way of putting it.” “Considering his own dimensions,” Jenkins said. Drag queens, cross-dressers, and transgenders were all generally referred to asdragonsin vice. No distinctions were made. It wasn’t nice but it was accepted.
    • October 2017Drag Star VIZIN is back with new singleBlasting News
      My favorite part was probably the ‘de-dragging.’ Taking theDragonoff (that’s what I call her) is always my favorite. In all honesty, the entire experience was amazing and I wouldn’t change it for the world. Being felt up by Michael Silas wasn’t bad either...
    • December 2017Miss Lawrence as Miss Bruce, "Climax"Starepisode 21
      Yes. Butt shots. Everybody can't afford lipo and fat transfers. Especiallydragons.So if they want to pay me top dollar to pump their ass up that's what I'm gonna do, and you've benefited from it.

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Danish

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Noun

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dragonc(singular definitedragonen,plural indefinitedragoner)

  1. adragoon(soldier of the mounted infantry)

Etymology 2

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FromMedieval Latindragon,fromArabicطَرْخُون(ṭarḵūn),fromAncient Greekδρακόντιον(drakóntion).

Noun

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dragonc(singular definitedragonen,plural indefinitedragoner)

  1. (archaic)tarragon
    Synonym:esdragon

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/draːˈɣɔn/
  • Hyphenation:dra‧gon
  • Rhymes:-ɔn

Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchdragon,fromArabicطَرْخُون(ṭarḵūn),fromAncient Greekδρακόντιον(drakóntion).

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dragonm(uncountable)

  1. the edible Mediterranean herbArtemisia dracunculus(tarragon), used as a salad spice
  2. the plantErysimum cheiranthoides
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromFrenchdragon.

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dragonm(pluraldragons,diminutivedragonnetjen)

  1. a (French)dragoon
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French

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Etymology

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InheritedfromOld Frenchdragon,perhaps borrowed fromOld Occitandragon,fromLatindracō,fromAncient Greekδράκων(drákōn).Doubletofdrac.

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dragonm(pluraldragons,femininedragonne)

  1. adragon,creature or person
  2. adragoon

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Middle English

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Noun

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dragon

  1. Alternative form ofdragoun
    • 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 thedragun;and thedragunwas al to-brokun.
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    • 1380-1399—Geoffrey Chaucer,The Canterbury Tales,The Parson's Tale
      For God seith thus by Moyses: they shul been wasted with hunger, and the briddes of helle shul devouren hem with bitter deeth, and the galle of thedragonshal been hire drynke, and the venym of thedragonhire morsels.
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FromOld Frenchdragon,fromLatindracō, dracōnem,fromAncient Greekδράκων(drákōn).

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dragonm(pluraldragons)

  1. (Jersey,Guernsey)dragon
  2. (Jersey,Guernsey,nautical)flying jib

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dragonm(definite singulardragonen,indefinite pluraldragoner,definite pluraldragonene)

  1. adragoon(soldier of the mounted infantry)

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Noun

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dragonm(definite singulardragonen,indefinite pluraldragonar,definite pluraldragonane)

  1. adragoon(soldier of the mounted infantry)

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Old Dutch

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Etymology

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FromProto-West Germanic*dragēn.

Verb

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dragon

  1. tobehave
  2. toacquire

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Conjugation ofdragon(weak class 2)
infinitive dragon
indicative present past
1st person singular drago,dragon dragoda
2nd person singular dragos,dragost dragodos
3rd person singular dragot dragoda
1st person plural dragon dragodun
2nd person plural dragot dragodut
3rd person plural dragont dragodun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular drago dragodi
2nd person singular dragos,dragost dragodis
3rd person singular drago dragodi
1st person plural dragon dragodin
2nd person plural dragot dragodit
3rd person plural dragon dragodin
imperative present
singular drago
plural dragot
participle present past
dragondi dragot,gidragot

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Further reading

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  • “dragon”,inOudnederlands Woordenboek,2012

Old French

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Semi-learned term fromLatindracō, dracōnem,fromAncient Greekδράκων(drákōn).

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dragonoblique singular,m(oblique pluraldragons,nominative singulardragons,nominative pluraldragon)

  1. dragon(mythical animal)

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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FromLatindracōnem,fromAncient Greekδράκων(drákōn).CompareOld Spanishdragon.

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dragonm(pluraldragons)

  1. dragon
    • 13th c.,Afonso X,“Cantiga CLXXXIX”,inCantigas de Santa Maria:
      Esta é como un ome que ya a Santa Maria de Salas achou undragonna carreira e / mató-o, e el ficou gafo de poçon, e pois sãou-[o] Santa Maria. / Ben pode Santa Maria guarir de toda poçon, / pois madr' é do que trillou o basilisqu' e odragon.
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    • 13th c.,Afonso X,“Cantiga CCXXXVIII”,inCantigas de Santa Maria:
      Na vila. [E] os gollos ficaron todos enton / ant' aquel que da cada nos foi tirar dodragon;/ e o jograr mal-andante cospiu e disse que non / vira gente tan baveca, e muy mal os dostou. / O que viltar quer a Virgen de que Deus carne fillou...
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    • 13th c.,Afonso X,“Cantiga CCLXX”,inCantigas de Santa Maria:
      Per Adan e per Eva fomos todos caer / en poder do diabo; mais quise-sse doer / de nos quen nos fezera, e vo-sse fazer / nov' Adan que britass' a cabega dodragon./ Todos con alegria cantand' e en bon son...
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Old Spanish

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FromLatindracōnem,accusative ofdracō,fromAncient Greekδράκων(drákōn).

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dragonm(pluraldragones)

  1. dragon
    • c.1250,Alfonso X,Lapidario,f. 103r:
      Et eſto faz deſcẽdiẽdo ſobrella la uertud de fig̃a de om̃e cubierto duna ſauana. ⁊ cauallero ſobre undragõ⁊ teniẽdo en ſu mano dieſtra una lãça.
      And it does this when over it descends the virtue of the figure of a man covered with a sheet, and a knight riding adragonwith a spear in his right hand.
    • Idem,f. 118v.
      Et es de la manera de las piedras ſeelladas. que los antigos gardauan. / Et presta pora echar losdragones.⁊ las ſirpientes. de los lugares.
      And it is akin to the sealed stones that the ancients kept. And it is good for expellingdragonsand snakes from any place.

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Old Welsh

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dragonm

  1. commander,war leader

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromFrenchdragon,fromLatindracō, dracōnem.Doublet of the inheriteddrac(“devil”).

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dragonm(pluraldragoni)

  1. adragon(mythical creature)
    Synonym:balaur
  2. a flyinglizardspecies(of the generaDraco,PhysignathusorPogona)
  3. (astronomy,often capitalized,with definite articulation)Draco(constellation)
  4. (military)adragoon(horse soldier)

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative dragon dragonul dragoni dragonii
genitive-dative dragon dragonului dragoni dragonilor
vocative dragonule dragonilor
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dragonc

  1. adragoon(soldier of the mounted infantry)
  2. the perennial herbtarragon
  3. leavesof that plant, used asseasoning

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Declension ofdragon
nominative genitive
singular indefinite dragon dragons
definite dragonen dragonens
plural indefinite dragoner dragoners
definite dragonerna dragonernas
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Tagalog

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BorrowedfromSpanishdragón,fromLatindracōnem,fromAncient Greekδράκων(drákōn,“serpent, dragon”).

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dragón(Baybayin spellingᜇ᜔ᜇᜄᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. (mythology)dragon
    Synonym:naga
  2. (figuratively)cruelperson
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Further reading

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  • “dragon”,inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,Manila,2018
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