Definition of Dragoon

1. Verb. Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means. "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"

Exact synonyms: Railroad, Sandbag
Generic synonyms: Coerce, Force, Hale, Pressure, Squeeze

2. Noun. A member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen.
Generic synonyms: Cavalryman, Trooper

3. Verb. Subjugate by imposing troops.
Generic synonyms: Subject, Subjugate

Definition of Dragoon

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

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

Definition of Dragoon

1. Noun. (military) horse soldier; cavalryman, that use horses for mobility, but fight dismounted. ¹

2. Noun. A carrier of a dragon musket. ¹

3. Verb. To force someone into doing something; to coerce. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dragoon

1. to harass by the use of troops [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Dragoon

1. 1. 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. Dragoon bird, the umbrella bird. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dragoon

dragonheads
dragonhide
dragonish
dragonless
dragonlike
dragonnade
dragonnades
dragonne
dragons
dragonskin
dragonskins
dragonslayer
dragonslayers
dragonwort
dragonworts
dragoon (current term)
dragoonade
dragoonades
dragooned
dragooner
dragooners
dragooning
dragoons
dragqueen
dragqueens
dragrope
dragropes
drags
drags on
dragsman

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