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- Dictionarydragoon/drəˈɡuːn/
noun
- 1. a member of any of several cavalry regiments in the British army.
verb
- 1. coerce (someone) into doing something: "she had been dragooned into helping with the housework"
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: to force into submission or compliance especially by violent measures. Did you know? A dragoon was a mounted European infantryman of the 17th and 18th centuries armed with a firearm called by the same name.
DRAGOON definition: 1. in the past, a soldier who rode on a horse and carried a gun 2. in the past, a soldier who rode…. Learn more.
Until 1918 Dragoner (en: dragoon) was the designation given to the lowest ranks in the dragoon regiments of the Austro-Hungarian and Imperial German Armies. The Dragoner rank, together with all other private ranks of the different branch of service, belonged to the so-called Gemeine rank group.
DRAGOON meaning: 1. in the past, a soldier who rode on a horse and carried a gun 2. in the past, a soldier who rode…. Learn more.
verb. compel by coercion, threats, or crude means. synonyms: railroad, sandbag. see more. verb. subjugate by imposing troops. see more. noun. a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Dragoon."
1. ( originally) a mounted infantryman armed with a carbine. 2. (sometimes capital) a domestic fancy pigeon.
noun. (especially formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop. a member of a military unit formerly composed of such cavalrymen, as in the British army. (formerly) a mounted infantryman armed with a short musket. verb (used with object) to set dragoons or soldiers upon; persecute by armed force; oppress.
A complete guide to the word "DRAGOON": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
dragoon, in late 16th-century Europe, a mounted soldier who fought as a light cavalryman on attack and as a dismounted infantryman on defense. The terms derived from his weapon, a species of carbine or short musket called the dragoon.
n. 1. (Military) (originally) a mounted infantryman armed with a carbine. 2. (Animals) ( sometimes capital) a domestic fancy pigeon. 3. (Military) a. a type of cavalryman. b. ( pl; cap when part of a name ): the Royal Dragoons. vb ( tr) 4. to coerce; force: he was dragooned into admitting it. 5. (Military) to persecute by military force.
