Dragoon vs. Dragooner — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dragoon and Dragooner
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Dragoon
Dragoons originally were a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward, dragoons were increasingly also employed as conventional cavalry and trained for combat with swords and firearms from horseback.
Dragooner
One who dragoons; a coercer.
Dragoon
A member of any of several cavalry regiments in the British army.
Dragooner
(archaic) A dragoon.
Dragoon
Coerce (someone) into doing something
She had been dragooned into helping with the housework
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Dragooner
A dragoon.
Dragoon
A member of a European military unit trained and armed to fight mounted or on foot.
Dragoon
To subjugate or persecute by the imposition of troops.
Dragoon
To compel by violent measures or threats; coerce.
Dragoon
(military) A horse soldier; a cavalryman, who uses a horse for mobility, but fights dismounted.
Dragoon
A carrier of a dragon musket.
Dragoon
A variety of pigeon.
Dragoon
(transitive) To force (someone) into doing something; to coerce.
Dragoon
(transitive) To surrender (a person) to the fury of soldiers.
Dragoon
Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.
Dragoon
A variety of pigeon.
Dragoon
To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.
Dragoon
To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.
The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they can be dragooned to nothing.
Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven.
Dragoon
A member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
Dragoon
Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means;
They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone
Dragoon
Subjugate by imposing troops
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