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Definition of DRAGOON

Dragoon
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. 2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute. The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they can be dragooned to nothing. --Price. Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven. --Macaulay.

Meaning of DRAGOON from wikipedia

- Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward...
- Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil) was the code name for the landing operation of the Allied invasion of Provence (Southern France) on 15 August...
- The 2nd Dragoons or 2nd Dragoon Regiment may refer to: 2nd Dragoons, a British regiment usually known as the Royal Scots Greys 2nd Dragoons (Canada),...
- The Legend of Dragoon is a role-playing video game developed and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It was released in December...
- Panzer Dragoon is a series of video games developed and published by Sega. The first three gamesPanzer Dragoon (1995), Panzer Dragoon II Zwei (1996)...
- dragoon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A dragoon is a soldier who fights on foot, but relocates on horseback. Dragoon may also refer to: Dragoon...
- The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and the senior Scottish regiment. The regiment, through...
- The 6th Dragoons or 6th Dragoon Regiment may refer to: 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, a British regiment active 1689-1922 6th Dragoon Regiment (France)...
- Regiment of Mounted Rifles. The revolver was also issued to the Army's "Dragoon" regiments. This revolver was designed as a solution to numerous problems...
- Panzer Dragoon Saga, known in ****an as Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG, is a 1998 role-playing video game (RPG) developed by Team Andromeda and published by Sega...