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DRAGOONS
Noun
dragoons
plural of dragoon
Verb
dragoons
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dragoon
Anagrams
• arson dog, gadroons
Source: Wiktionary
DRAGOON
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.
DRAGOON
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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