verb · transitive · rare

dragoon

dra·goon

dragoon · dragoons · dragooned · dragooning

змусити, примусити, змушувати

заставить, заставлять, принудить

zwingen, nötigen, unterwerfen

To subject to the dragonnades in their homes to abuse them and destroy or steal their…To subject (a Huguenot) to the dragonnades (“a policy instituted by Louis XIV of France in 1681 to intimidate Protestant Huguenots to convert to Roman Catholicism by billeting dragoons (noun sense 1.2) in their homes to abuse them and destroy or steal their possessions”).

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UK/dɹəˈɡuːn/US/dɹəˈɡun/

» Tom's character is a dragoon.

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Meaning

3 senses

(French, historical, transitive)To subject (a Huguenot) to the dragonnades (“a policy instituted by Louis XIV of France in 1681 to intimidate Protestant Huguenots to convert to Roman Catholicism by billeting dragoons (noun sense 1.2) in their homes to abuse them and destroy or steal their possessions”).
(broadly, transitive)Chiefly followed by into: to force (someone) into doing something through harassment and intimidation; to coerce.
(broadly, historical, transitive)To cause (someone) to be attacked by dragoons.

More definitions

subjugate by imposing troops
compel by coercion, threats, or crude means

Examples

3 sentences

Tom's character is a dragoon.
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The Legend of Dragoon was one of the best video games on the original Playstation.
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It was the dragoon regiment of Count O'Reilly that by a splendid charge saved the remnant of the Austrian army at Austerlitz.
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Translations

2 languages

Origin

The noun is borrowed from French dragon (“dragon (mythological creature); type of cavalry

The noun is borrowed from French dragon (“dragon (mythological creature); type of cavalry soldier, dragoon”) (originally referring to a soldier armed with the firearm of the same name (noun sense 1.1)), ultimately from Latin dracō (“dragon; kind of serpent or snake”), from Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κων (drắkōn, “dragon; serpent”), possibly from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see, see clearly (in the sense of something staring)”), from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ- (“to see”)). Doublet of Draco, Dracon, dracone, and dragon.

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