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Definition of Dragoon

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

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

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

Literary usage of Dragoon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"The 5th dragoon Guards had not yet so closely The sth approached as to be ... The position which the 5th dragoon Guards actually took up was on the left ..."

2. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"Politics and strategy in Operation dragoon The invasion of southern France was born in controversy. Even in early July 1944, when those of us assigned from ..."

3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the 6th horse, now 6th dragoon guards, of which his uncle, Lieutenant-general Robert Napier, then was colonel. ..."

4. The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq.: With Memoirs of His Life and by Edward Gibbon, John Baker Holroyd Sheffield (1837)
"The day will be rare and «urious, and, if I were a light dragoon, I would take a gallop on purpose to Westminster. Adieu. I hear the bell. ..."

5. Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshall Arthur, Duke of by Arthur Richard Wellesley Wellington (1868)
"The 2nd dragoon Guards were not on service while Lord George Beresford was ... General Sir George Anson to be colonel of the 4th dragoon Guards vice Fane. ..."

6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1849)
"Colonel of the Third dragoon Guards, with the rank of Major General in the army— 28 April, 1790. He had served continously in that Regiment from 1751, ..."

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