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Definition of "dragoon" [dra•goon]

  • A member of a European military unit trained and armed to fight mounted or on foot. (noun)
  • To subjugate or persecute by the imposition of troops. (verb-transitive)
  • To compel by violent measures or threats; coerce. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dragoon" in a sentence
  • "A dragoon is a mounted soldier who attacks mounted, and fights dismounted in the defense."
  • "In the corner opposite the dragoon was a boy of eighteen or so in the working clothes of a terrassier or labourer."
  • "The dragoon was the first to resume the conversation."