321: dragon and dragoon Oct 25, 2015

Just because no one has proven the existence of dragons does not mean that they have not had an impact on various aspects of culture. Mythology and folklore aside, the 'dragon', which was a type of 15th century gun, has influenced the early 17th century word, 'dragoon', an infantryman with a carbine or musket that was thought of as breathing fire like a dragon.