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DRAGOON
dragoon
(noun) a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
dragoon
(verb) subjugate by imposing troops
dragoon, sandbag, railroad
(verb) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; “They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dragoon (plural dragoons)
(military) A horse soldier; a cavalryman, who uses a horse for mobility, but fights dismounted.
A carrier of a dragon musket.
A variety of pigeon.
Coordinate terms
(soldier):
• cavalryman
• cuirassier
• hussar
• lancer
• trooper
• uhlan
• yeoman
Verb
dragoon (third-person singular simple present dragoons, present participle dragooning, simple past and past participle dragooned)
(transitive) To force (someone) into doing something; to coerce.
Synonym: compel
(transitive) To surrender (a person) to the fury of soldiers.
Anagrams
• gadroon
Source: Wiktionary
Dra*goon", n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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 (Zoöl.), the umbrella bird.
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. Price. Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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