Meaning Of The Word Dragoon

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dragoon
countable noun: A dragoon was a soldier in old European armies. Dragoons usually fought on horseback.
verb: 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.

dragoon in American English
a mounted soldier armed with a short musket (called a dragon), capable of fighting on horseback or on foot
to harass or persecute by dragoons
noun: a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop
transitive verb: to set dragoons or soldiers upon; persecute by armed force; oppress

dragoon in British English
to coerce; force
noun: (originally) a mounted infantryman armed with a carbine

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