rakuuna — meaning in English

English meaning

• dragoon noun Historically, a mounted soldier who could fight on foot or on horseback.
• tarragon noun A herb with slender aromatic leaves, related to wormwood, used to flavour food.

Senses

rakuuna is used for these senses in English:

• dragoon (by extension) Originally (historical) , a soldier armed with a dragoon musket (sense 1.1) who fought both on foot and mounted on a horse; now, a cavalier or horse soldier from a regiment formerly armed with such muskets.
• tarragon A perennial herb, the wormwood species Artemisia dracunculus, from Europe and parts of Asia.

dragoon — full definition

1. noun Historically, a mounted soldier who could fight on foot or on horseback.
2. verb To force or pressure someone into doing something through intimidation.

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