Noun: dragoon dru'goon
- A member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
"The dragoons charged across the battlefield on their horses"
- Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
"They dragooned him to make dinner for everyone";
- sandbag, railroad
- Subjugate by imposing troops
"The invading army dragooned the local population into submission"
Derived forms: dragooned, dragooning, dragoons
Type of: cavalry soldier, coerce, force, hale [archaic], pressure, squeeze, subject, subjugate, trooper
Encyclopedia: Dragoon, Arizona