dragoon

Dragoon Dra*goon" (dr[.a]*g[=oo]n"), n. [F. dragon dragon, dragoon, fr. L. draco dragon, also, a cohort s standard (with a dragon on it). The name was given from the sense standard. See Dragon.] 1. ((Mil.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man. [1913 Webster]

2. A variety of pigeon. --Clarke. [1913 Webster]

{Dragoon bird} (Zo["o]l.), the umbrella bird. [1913 Webster]

Dragoon Dra*goon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dragooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Dragooning.] 1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers. [1913 Webster]

2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute. [1913 Webster]

The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they can be dragooned to nothing. --Price. [1913 Webster]

Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

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