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dragoon
DEFINITIONS OF:
dragoon
1
n
a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
Type of:
cavalryman
,
trooper
a soldier mounted on horseback
v
subjugate by imposing troops
Type of:
subject
,
subjugate
make subservient; force to submit or subdue
v
compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
Synonyms:
railroad
,
sandbag
Type of:
coerce
,
force
,
hale
,
pressure
,
squeeze
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
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