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Pronunciation : Dra*goon"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 1. ((Mil.)

Defn: Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.

2. A variety of pigeon. Clarke. Dragoon bird (Zo?l.), the umbrella bird.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Dra*goon"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.

2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute. The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they can be dragooned to nothing. Price. Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven. Macaulay.

t. [imp. & p. p. Dragooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Dragooning.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913