Dragoon is occasionally used as a verb meaning to subjugate or persecute by the imposition of troops; and by extension to compel by any violent measures or threats.

A dragoon was a mounted European infantryman of the 17th and 18th centuries armed with a firearm called by the same name. We suspect no arm-twisting is necessary to convince you that the firearm's …

May 23, 2022 · The term "dragoon" came from the nickname for their weapon, the carbine or short musket, called "the dragon," which referred to the fire that emits out of the gun when fired, hence the …

Dragoon, in late 16th-century Europe, a mounted soldier who fought as a light cavalryman on attack and as a dismounted infantryman on defense. The terms derived from his weapon, a species of carbine …

DRAGOON definition: 1. in the past, a soldier who rode on a horse and carried a gun 2. in the past, a soldier who rode…. Learn more.

DRAGOON definition: (especially formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop. See examples of dragoon used in a sentence.

dragoon (n.) 1620s, "cavalry soldier carrying firearms," and thus capable of service either on horseback or on foot, from French dragon, probably so called for the guns they carried, from dragon "carbine, …

Dragoons were named for one of the weapons they frequently carried, powerful muskets said to "breathe fire," known as dragons. European armies commonly included dragoon regiments from the …

A dragoon was a soldier in old European armies. Dragoons usually fought on horseback.

dragoon, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary