Lexic.us

Definition of Dragoon

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

2. Noun. A member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen.

3. Verb. Subjugate by imposing troops.

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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