noun

1. Historical
   1. a mounted soldier armed with a short musket (called a dragon), capable of fighting on horseback or on foot
   2. a heavily armed cavalryman
2. a member of a Canadian armored cavalry regiment

Etymology: Fr dragon (see dragon): ? so called from their fire-breathing weapons

transitive verb

1. Historical to harass or persecute by dragoons
2. to force (someone) into doing something; coerce