a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen subjugate by imposing troops compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone
compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"
If someone dragoons you into doing something that you do not want to do, they persuade you to do it even though you try hard not to agree. the history professor who had dragooned me into taking the exam. a soldier in past times who rode a horse and carried a gun and sword (dragon ). dragoon into to force someone to do something they do not want to do dragoon sb into doing sth. In late 16th-century Europe, a mounted soldier who fought as a light cavalryman on attack and as a dismounted infantryman on defense. The term derived from his weapon, a short musket called the dragoon. Dragoons were organized in companies, and their officers bore infantry titles. By the 18th century, dragoon referred to members of certain cavalry regiments. The term is still applied in the British Army to certain armoured reconnaissance units