About The Word Dragoon
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Dragoon
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What's The Definition Of Dragoon?
[n] a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
[v] subjugate by imposing troops [v] compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dragoon: railroad | sandbag Related Terms | Find terms related to Dragoon: blackjack | bludgeon | bluster | bluster out of | browbeat | bulldoze | bully | bullyrag | cavalryman | coerce | cossack | cow | cuirassier | demoralize | harass | heavy dragoon | hector | hijack | huff | hussar | intimidate | lance | lancer | ruffle | shanghai | spahi | steamroller | strong-arm | systematically terrorize | terrorize | threaten | trooper | uhlan | use violence See Also | cavalryman | coerce | force | hale | pressure | subject | subjugate | trooper Dragoon In Webster's Dictionary \Dra*goon"\ (dr[.a]*g[=oo]n"), 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["o]l.), 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. |
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