Dragoon

Definition of Dragoon

Dra`goon´   Pronunciation: drå`gŌn´
n.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.
Dragoon bird
(Zool.) the umbrella bird.
v. t.1.To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.
[imp. & p. p. Dragooned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dragooning.]
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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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
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