DRAGOON
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Dra*goon" (dr&adot_;*g&oō_;n"), n. [F. dragon dragon, dragoon, fr. L. draco dragon, also, a cohort's standard (with a dragon on it). The name was given from the sense standard. See Dragon.] 1. ((Mil.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.
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2. A variety of pigeon. Clarke.
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Dragoon bird (Zo&ö;l.), the umbrella bird.
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Dra*goon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dragooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dragooning.] 1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.
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2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.
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The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they can be dragooned to nothing.
Price.
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Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven.
Macaulay.
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