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- DictionaryDra·goon/drəˈɡo͞on/
noun
- 1. a member of any of several cavalry regiments in the British army.
verb
- 1. coerce (someone) into doing something: "she had been dragooned into helping with the housework"
1. : to subjugate or persecute by harsh use of troops. 2. : to force into submission or compliance especially by violent measures. Did you know? A dragoon was a mounted European infantryman of the 17th and 18th centuries armed with a firearm called by the same name.
Dragoon. 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, dragoons were increasingly also employed as conventional cavalry and trained for combat with swords and firearms from horseback. [1]
DRAGOON meaning: 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: 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.
Synonyms for DRAGOON: force, compel, coerce, oblige, obligate, drive, muscle, pressure; Antonyms of DRAGOON: let, permit, allow, move, win (over), induce, talk (into), argue.
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 late 17th century until the early 20th century, and dragoons also fought in the Revolutionary War.
Jul 12, 2024 · dragoon (plural dragoons) (by extension) Originally ( historical), a soldier armed with a dragoon musket ( sense 1.1) who fought both on foot and mounted on a horse; now, a cavalier or horse soldier from a regiment formerly armed with such muskets.
Dragoon. The word dragoon originally meant mounted infantry, who were trained in horse riding as well as infantry fighting skills. However, usage altered over time and during the 18th century, dragoons evolved into conventional light cavalry units and personnel.
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 term "dragon" or dragoon soldiers.
definition: a heavily armed cavalryman of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe.
