dragoon

dra·goon  (dr-gn, dr-)

n.

A member of a European military unit trained and armed to fight mounted or on foot.

tr.v. dra·gooned, dra·goon·ing, dra·goons

1. To subjugate or persecute by the imposition of troops.

2. To compel by violent measures or threats; coerce.

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[French dragon, carbine, dragoon, from Old French, dragon; see dragon.]

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dragoon [drəˈguːn]

n

1. (Military) (originally) a mounted infantryman armed with a carbine

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) (sometimes capital) a domestic fancy pigeon

3. (Military)

a.  a type of cavalryman

b.  (pl; cap when part of a name) the Royal Dragoons

vb (tr)

1. to coerce; force he was dragooned into admitting it

2. (Military) to persecute by military force

[from French dragon (special use of dragon), soldier armed with a carbine, perhaps suggesting that a carbine, like a dragon, breathed forth fire]

dragoonage  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dragoon - a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen cavalryman, trooper - a soldier mounted on horseback; "a cavalryman always takes good care of his mount"
Verb	1.	dragoon - compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" railroad, sandbag coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
	2.	dragoon - subjugate by imposing troops subjugate, subject - make subservient; force to submit or subdue

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dragoon

verb force, drive, compel, bully, intimidate, railroad (informal), constrain, coerce, impel, strong-arm (informal), browbeat He had been dragooned into the excursion.

Translations

dragoon [drəˈguːn]

A. N (Mil) → dragón m

B. VT to dragoon sb into (doing) sth → obligar or forzar a algn a(hacer)algo

dragoon [drəˈguːn]

n (= cavalryman) → dragon m

vt (British) to dragoon sb into doing sth → forcer qn à faire qch
drag queen n → drag-queen f

dragoon

n (Mil) → Dragoner m

vt to dragoon somebody into doing something → jdn zwingen or mit Gewalt dazu bringen, etw zu tun

dragoon [drəˈguːn]

1. n (Mil) (cavalryman) → dragone m

2. vt to dragoon sb into doing sth (Brit) → costringere qn a fare qc

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dragoon [drəˈguːn]

1. n (Mil) (cavalryman) → dragone m

2. vt to dragoon sb into doing sth (Brit) → costringere qn a fare qc