dragoon

dra·goon

(drə-go͞on′, dră-)

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, from Middle French dragon, mounted infantry soldier armed with a harquebus, from dragon, dragon (such infantry perhaps being so called because an early unit used a dragon as its standard, or because such infantry were thought to "breathe fire"), from Old French; see dragon.]

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dragoon

(drəˈɡuːn)

n

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

2. (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)

4. to coerce; force: he was dragooned into admitting it.

5. (Military) to persecute by military force

[C17: from French dragon (special use of dragon), soldier armed with a carbine, perhaps suggesting that a carbine, like a dragon, breathed forth fire]

draˈgoonage n

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dra•goon

(drəˈgun)

n.

1. a member of a unit of cavalry, orig. mounted infantry armed with short muskets, of a type common in European armies from c1600 to World War I.

v.t.

2. to persecute by armed force; oppress.

3. to force by oppressive measures.

[1615–25; < French, literally]

dra•goon′age, n.

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dragoon

Past participle: dragooned
Gerund: dragooning

Imperative

dragoon

dragoon

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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.

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dragoon

verb

To compel by pressure or threats:

blackjack, coerce, force.

Informal: hijack, strong-arm.

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Translations

dragon

costringere

драгун

dragoon

[drəˈguːn]

A. N (Mil) → dragón m

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

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dragoon

[drəˈguːn]

n (= cavalryman) → dragon m

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

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dragoon

n (Mil) → Dragoner m

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

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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

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