dragoon
dragoon definition
dra·goon (drə go̵̅o̅n′)
noun
- Historical
- a mounted soldier armed with a short musket (called a dragon), capable of fighting on horseback or on foot
- a heavily armed cavalryman
- a member of a Canadian armored cavalry regiment
Etymology: Fr dragon (see dragon): ? so called from their fire-breathing weapons
transitive verb
- Historical to harass or persecute by dragoons
- to force (someone) into doing something; coerce
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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