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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dra•goon /drəˈgun/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Militarya member of a unit of soldiers on horseback.
v. [~ + object + into] - to force (someone);
coerce:I was dragooned into helping the students register.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dra•goon (drə go̅o̅n′),USA pronunciation n. - Military(esp. formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop.
- Militarya member of a military unit formerly composed of such cavalrymen, as in the British army.
- Military(formerly) a mounted infantryman armed with a short musket.
v.t. - Militaryto set dragoons or soldiers upon;
persecute by armed force;
oppress. - to force by oppressive measures;
coerce:The authorities dragooned the peasants into leaving their farms.
- French dragon, special use of dragon dragon, applied first to a pistol hammer (so named because of its shape), then to the firearm, then to the troops so armed
- 1615–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dragoon /drəˈɡuːn/ n - (originally) a mounted infantryman armed with a carbine
- (sometimes capital) a domestic fancy pigeon
- a type of cavalryman
- (pl; cap when part of a name): the Royal Dragoons
vb (transitive)- to coerce; force: he was dragooned into admitting it
- to persecute by military force
Etymology: 17th Century: from French dragon (special use of dragon), soldier armed with a carbine, perhaps suggesting that a carbine, like a dragon, breathed forth fire |