Dragoon
[drə'guːn] or [drə'ɡun]
Definition
(noun.) a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen.
(verb.) subjugate by imposing troops.
(verb.) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; 'They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone'.
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Definition
(n.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.
(n.) A variety of pigeon.
(v. t.) To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.
(v. t.) To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.
Checker: Patty
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Horse-soldier, CHASSEUR, cavalier, equestrian, mounted soldier.
v. a. Compel, force, drive.
Checker: Newman
Definition
n. formerly a soldier trained to fight either on horseback or on foot now applied only to heavy cavalry as opposed to hussars and lancers.—v.t. to give up to the rage of soldiers: to compel by violent measures.—n. Dragoon′-bird the umbrella-bird.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A soldier who combines dash and steadiness in so equal measure that he makes his advances on foot and his retreats on horseback.
Typist: Natalie
Examples
- He looked as pale as the midnight dragoon who came to disturb Leonora. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I accused her of the fact, continued his lordship, and refused to promise secrecy till she had made me as happy as she had made the young dragoon. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- O Gad--really--Miss Rebecca, the heavy dragoon interposed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Come here's grammar, the dragoon interposed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You're an independent dragoon, too! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If George the vagabond dragoon had any hand in it, he was only an accomplice, and was set on. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He used to be slender as an eel, and now I fancy in him a sort of heavy dragoon bent--a beef-eater tendency. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There was also a cavalry corps under General Harney, composed of detachments of the 1st, 2d, and 3d dragoons. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I recorded therefore my first choice, dragoons; second, 4th infantry; and got the latter. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They captured two companies of dragoons, commanded by Captains Thornton and Hardee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Colonel Twiggs, with seven companies of dragoons and a battery of light artillery, moved on the 8th. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Brummell, as Julia always declared, was, when in the 10th Dragoons, a very handsome young man. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I left my measurement with a tailor, with directions not to make the uniform until I notified him whether it was to be for infantry or dragoons. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sheridan, who was up with him last night, reports all that is left, horse, foot, and dragoons, at twenty thousand, much demoralized. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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