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/drəˈgo͞on/,
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dragoons, plural;
  1. Coerce (someone) into doing something
    • - she had been dragooned into helping with the housework
Noun
  1. A member of any of several cavalry regiments in the British army

  2. A mounted infantryman armed with a short rifle or musket

  1. (dragoon) a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
  2. (dragoon) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"
  3. (dragoon) subjugate by imposing troops
  4. 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. ...
  5. (DRAGOON) This is a list of fictional technology from the Japanese science fiction franchise Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
  6. (Dragoon (Final Fantasy)) Though each Final Fantasy story is independent, many aspects of gameplay have remained relatively consistent throughout the series.
  7. (Dragoon (pigeon)) The Dragoon is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding. Dragoons, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons, are all descendants from the Rock Pigeon (Columba livia). ...
  8. (Dragoon (StarCraft)) Blizzard Entertainment's bestselling real-time strategy game series StarCraft revolves around interstellar affairs in a distant sector of the galaxy, with three species and multiple factions all vying for supremacy in the sector. ...
  9. (dragoon) horse soldier; cavalryman, that use horses for mobility, but fight dismounted; A carrier of a dragon musket; To force someone into doing something; to coerce
  10. (dragoon) Col. Albert Gallatin Brackett, writing during the Civil War, defined a dragoon in American practice as a sort of hybrid soldier trained to fight both on horseback and on foot. ...
  11. (DRAGOON) a member of a unit of cavalry, originating as mounted infantry (or mounted rifles) armed with short muskets, of a type common in Western armies from about 1600 through the early 1900s, where they'd traditionally ride to battle, then fight dismounted with SMALL ARMS. ...
  12. (Dragoon) (original version: Seiryu) is the Wind Spirit and is Tyson Granger's Bit-Beast. He takes on the appearance of a large blue dragon and he is among one of the most powerful Bit-Beasts in Beyblade.
  13. (Dragoon) Mounted infantryman armed with musket or carbine and sword who rode into battle and usually fought on foot. Main article
  14. (Dragoon) Operational code name for Allied operations in the South of France formerly known as Anvil
  15. (Dragoon) Probably deriving their name from the weapon they originally carried (see above), dragoons were mounted infantry who rode to battle and fought on foot, although they were, on occasion, required to fight on horseback.
  16. (Dragoon) The Russian short rifle produced until the early 1930s that was the forerunner for the M91/30.  It differed from the Cossack in that it was issued and sighted with a bayonet.
  17. (Dragoon) a powerful knight with magical abilities.  Most dragoons have magically increased speed and agility.
  18. (Dragoon) legendary vehicle in City Trial. Very difficult to control, but speed is very high on land and unimaginable in the air. Gliding power is unimaginable. Able to climb vertically. One of Bulbajer’s personal favorites. HP: 5; Speed: 6; Glide: 7; Offense: 4; Control: 1. Bulbajer’s rating: 1st
  19. (Dragoon) military occupational title for a light cavalryman. Prior to 18th century, referred to mounted infantry.
  20. (dragoon) A heavily armed trooper in some European armies of the 17th and 18th centuries.
  21. An infantryman who travels on horseback but who dismounts to fight.
  22. Cavalry who sometimes serve on foot.
  23. “The 35th Dragoon Guards have halted in the village…” Mounted infantrymen, who took their name from their main weapons, carbines that were called ‘dragons’ because they spouted fire like their mythical namesakes. ...