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DRAGOON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
Classified under:
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 ... he / she / it dragoons
Past simple: dragooned
-ing form: dragooning
Sense 1
Meaning:
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 means
Example:
They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone
Synonyms:
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