Dragoon (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. (especially formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop.
  2. a member of a military unit formerly composed of such cavalrymen, as in the British army.
  3. (formerly) a mounted infantryman armed with a short musket.
verb (used with object)
  1. to set dragoons or soldiers upon; persecute by armed force; oppress.
  2. to force by oppressive measures; coerce: The authorities dragooned the peasants into leaving their farms.
noun
  1. (originally) a mounted infantryman armed with a carbine
  2. a domestic fancy pigeon
    • a type of cavalryman
    • (pl; cap when part of a name)
verb (tr)
  1. to coerce; force
  2. to persecute by military force
Dragoon (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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