dragoon

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To force someone into doing something; to coerce
A carrier of a dragon musket
horse soldier; cavalryman, that use horses for mobility, but fight dismounted
in the british army, a cavalryman
{v} to enslave with solders, to force
{n} a kind of horse soldeier, bravo, bully
heavily armed trooper in some European armies of the 17th and 18th centuries
A variety of pigeon
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
{i} cavalry soldier
To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute
a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
Operational code name for Allied operations in the South of France formerly known as Anvil
Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man
subjugate by imposing troops
{f} force, pressure into doing something
a powerful knight with magical abilities Most dragoons have magically increased speed and agility
To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers
A dragoon
dragooner
dragooned
past of dragoon
dragooning
present participle of dragoon
dragoons
plural of dragoon
dragoons
third-person singular of dragoon
dragoon
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