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   dragoon

   /drəˈɡuːn/

   noun

   • 1. a member of any of several cavalry regiments in the British army.
   • ▪ a mounted infantryman armed with a carbine.

   verb

   • 1. coerce (someone) into doing something: "she had been dragooned into helping with the housework"

   Word Origin early 17th century (denoting a kind of carbine or musket, thought of as breathing fire): from French dragon ‘dragon’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • D

     2

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • G

     2

   • O

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

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