'Dragoon' definitions:
Definition of 'dragoon'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Dragoon'
From: GCIDE
- Dragoon \Dra*goon"\ (dr[.a]*g[=oo]n"), n. [F. dragon dragon, dragoon, fr. L. draco dragon, also, a cohort's standard (with a dragon on it). The name was given from the sense standard. See Dragon.]
- 1. ((Mil.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A variety of pigeon. --Clarke. [1913 Webster]
- Dragoon bird (Zool.), the umbrella bird. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dragoon'
From: GCIDE
- Dragoon \Dra*goon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dragooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Dragooning.]
- 1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute. [1913 Webster]
- The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they can be dragooned to nothing. --Price. [1913 Webster]
- Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dragoon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- blackjack,
- bludgeon,
- bluster,
- bluster out of,
- browbeat,
- bulldoze,
- bully,
- bullyrag,
- cavalryman,
- coerce,
- cossack,
- cow,
- cuirassier,
- demoralize,
- harass,
- heavy dragoon,
- hector,
- hijack,
- huff,
- hussar,
- intimidate,
- lance,
- lancer,
- ruffle,
- shanghai,
- spahi,
- steamroller,
- strong-arm,
- systematically terrorize,
- terrorize,
- threaten,
- trooper,
- uhlan,
- use violence