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dragoon

/drəˈɡun/
noun
  1. A soldier who rides a horse and fights with a gun, especially in historical European armies.
    • The king sent a regiment of dragoons to protect the border.
    • The dragoon rode swiftly across the battlefield.
    • In the museum, we saw the uniform of a 19th-century dragoon.
verb
  1. To force someone to do something by using threats or pressure.
    • The manager dragooned the team into working overtime.
    • She felt dragooned into attending the meeting against her will.
    • They tried to dragoon him into signing the contract.
Synonyms
bullyforcecoerce
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