Definition of Dragooning

1. Verb. (present participle of dragoon) ¹

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Definition of Dragooning

1. dragoon [v] - See also: dragoon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dragooning

dragonnades
dragonne
dragons
dragonskin
dragonskins
dragonslayer
dragonslayers
dragonwort
dragonworts
dragoon
dragoonade
dragoonades
dragooned
dragooner
dragooners
dragooning (current term)
dragoons
dragqueen
dragqueens
dragrope
dragropes
drags
drags on
dragsman
dragsmen
dragster
dragsters
dragstrip
dragstrips
drail

Literary usage of Dragooning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Story of Oxford by Cecil Headlam (1907)
"CHAPTER X Jacobite Oxford—and after Addison and Sacheverell—Hanoverians and "Honest" Men —dragooning the University—A brilliant retort— Periwigs and ..."

2. Historical Particulars Relating to Southampton by John Bullar (1820)
"These, at the latter end of the seventeenth century, experienced sufferings almost unparalleled in the history of the Church, under the dragooning system of ..."

3. The Works of John Locke, in Nine Volumes by John Locke (1824)
"Suppose it be urged to you, when your moderate lower penalties fail, there is no human means left but dragooning and such other severities; which you say ..."

4. The Nineteenth Century (1889)
"The prefect system, the police dragooning system, the spy system, the police tribunal system, the press prosecution system, were all established with the ..."

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