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    DRAGOON

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymenplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("dragoon" is a kind of...):

    cavalryman; trooper (a soldier mounted on horseback)

    Derivation:

    dragoon (subjugate by imposing troops)

     II. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they dragoon  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it dragoons  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: dragooned  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: dragooned  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: dragooning  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Subjugate by imposing troopsplay

    Classified under:

    Verbs of political and social activities and events

    Hypernyms (to "dragoon" is one way to...):

    subject; subjugate (make subservient; force to submit or subdue)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    dragoon (a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Compel by coercion, threats, or crude meansplay

    Example:

    They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone

    Synonyms:

    dragoon; railroad; sandbag

    Classified under:

    Verbs of political and social activities and events

    Hypernyms (to "dragoon" is one way to...):

    coerce; force; hale; pressure; squeeze (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

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