dragoon – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
dragoon
v.
force, pressure into doing something
n.
cavalry soldier
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 cavalry units. In most armies, "dragoons" came to signify ordinary medium cavalry.
dragoon
Noun
1. a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
(hypernym) cavalryman, trooper
Verb
1. compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"
(synonym) sandbag, railroad
(hypernym) coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
2. subjugate by imposing troops
(hypernym) subjugate, subject
Dragoon
(v. t.)
To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.
(v. t.)
To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.
(n.)
Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.
(n.)
A variety of pigeon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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