dra·goon /drəˈgun, dræ-/
龍騎兵,騎兵,暴徒(vt.)以武力迫害,彈壓,強制
Dra·goon n.
1. (Mil. Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.
2. A variety of pigeon.
Dragoon bird Zool., the umbrella bird.
Dra·goon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dragooned p. pr. & vb. n. Dragooning.]
1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.
2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.
The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they can be dragooned to nothing. --Price.
Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven. --Macaulay.
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dragoon
n : a member of a European military unit formerly composed of
heavily armed cavalrymen
v 1: compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They
sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" [syn: sandbag,
railroad]
2: subjugate by imposing troops