dragoon

[dra·goon]

A member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen

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Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.

Noun
a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen

Verb
subjugate by imposing troops

Verb
compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"


n.
Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.

n.
A variety of pigeon.

v. t.
To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.

v. t.
To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.


Dragoon

Dra*goon" , n. [F. dragon dragon, dragoon, fr. L. draco dragon, also, a cohort's standard (with a dragon on it). The name was given from the sense standard. See Dragon.] 1. ((Mil.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man. 2. A variety of pigeon. Clarke. Dragoon bird (Zo'94l.), the umbrella bird.

Dragoon

Dra*goon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dragooned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dragooning.] 1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers. 2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.
The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they can be dragooned to nothing.
Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven.

Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.

To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.

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