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- Dictionarydragoon/drəˈɡuːn/
noun
- 1. a member of any of several cavalry regiments in the British army.
verb
- 1. coerce (someone) into doing something: "she had been dragooned into helping with the housework"
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1. : to subjugate or persecute by harsh use of troops. 2. : to force into submission or compliance especially by violent measures. Did you know? A dragoon was a mounted European infantryman of the 17th and 18th centuries armed with a firearm called by the same name.
DRAGOON definition: 1. in the past, a soldier who rode on a horse and carried a gun 2. in the past, a soldier who rode…. Learn more.
DRAGOON | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of dragoon in English. dragoon. noun [ C ] us/drəˈɡuːn/uk/drəˈɡuːn/ Add to word listAdd to word list. in the past, a soldier who rode on a horse and carried a gun. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing somebody to act. arm-twisting. bludgeon.
Dragoon - Wikipedia. Mounted Russian dragoon armed with an infantry long gun, c. 1710. Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot.
noun. (especially formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop. a member of a military unit formerly composed of such cavalrymen, as in the British army. (formerly) a mounted infantryman armed with a short musket.
dragoon. (drəguːn ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense, 3rd person singular present tense dragoons , present participle dragooning , past tense, past participle dragooned. 1. countable noun. A dragoon was a soldier in old European armies. Dragoons usually fought on horseback.
Dragoon, in late 16th-century Europe, a mounted soldier who fought as a light cavalryman on attack and as a dismounted infantryman on defense. The terms derived from his weapon, a species of carbine or short musket called the dragoon.
Definitions of dragoon. verb. compel by coercion, threats, or crude means. synonyms: railroad, sandbag. see more. verb. subjugate by imposing troops. see more. noun. a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Dragoon."
1. To subjugate or persecute by the imposition of troops. 2. To compel by violent measures or threats; coerce.
Definition of dragoon noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
