DRAGOON
Dictionary entry overview: What does dragoon mean?
• DRAGOON (noun)
The noun DRAGOON has 1 sense:
1. a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
Familiarity information: DRAGOON used as a noun is very rare.
• DRAGOON (verb)
The verb DRAGOON has 2 senses:
1. compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
2. subjugate by imposing troops
Familiarity information: DRAGOON used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DRAGOON (noun)
Meaning:
A member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("dragoon" is a kind of...):
cavalryman; trooper (a soldier mounted on horseback)
• DRAGOON (verb)
Meaning:
Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
dragoon; railroad; sandbag
Context example:
They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone
Hypernyms (to "dragoon" is one way to...):
coerce; force; hale; pressure; squeeze (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Meaning:
Subjugate by imposing troops
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "dragoon" is one way to...):
subject; subjugate (make subservient; force to submit or subdue)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
