dragoon
Meaning of dragoon
noun
a member of any of several cavalry regiments in the British army.
verb- coerce (someone) into doing something.
she had been dragooned into helping with the housework
early 17th century (denoting a kind of carbine or musket, thought of as breathing fire): from French dragon ‘dragon’.
Information about dragoon
- The plural form of dragoon is: dragoons.
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Hyphenation of dragoon
dra-goon
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- dragoon is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
dragoon synonyms
Meaning sandbag:
Meaning a horseman, especially a cavalryman:
Meaning (in the Middle Ages) a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armour:
Meaning a knight:
Meaning a cavalry soldier whose principal weapon was a carbine:
Meaning a soldier in a light cavalry regiment which had adopted a dress uniform modelled on that of the Hungarian hussars (now only in titles):
Meaning a soldier of a cavalry regiment armed with lances:
Meaning a cavalry soldier wearing a cuirass:
Meaning a cavalryman or fencer using a sabre:
Meaning persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats:
Meaning attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something:
Meaning compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action:
Meaning make strong efforts to persuade or force (someone) to do something:
Meaning exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself:
Meaning make (someone) do something against their will:
Meaning force or oblige (someone) to do something:
Meaning drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something:
Meaning make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something:
Meaning firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers:
Meaning harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly:
Meaning subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation:
Meaning harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to:
Meaning persistently carry out attacks on (an enemy or an enemy's territory):
Meaning repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester:
Meaning provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction:
Meaning operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle:
Meaning poke with a finger, foot, or pointed object:
Meaning trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions:
Meaning intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words:
Meaning pressurize (someone) into adopting radically different beliefs by using systematic and often forcible means:
Meaning force or bully (someone) to do something:
Meaning seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable):
Meaning state one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done:
Meaning rule or treat (someone) despotically or cruelly:
Meaning have an influence on:
Meaning frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants:
Meaning a gambling card game in which players try to acquire cards with a face value totalling 21 and no more:
Meaning use force insensitively when dealing with (someone or something):
Meaning (with reference to an object, especially a ball) move quickly up, back, or away from a surface after hitting it:
Meaning pressure someone into doing something:
Anagrams of dragoon
Words that rhyme with dragoon
goon, Dragoon, lagoon, Rangoon, langoon, rangoon, Burgoon, jargoon
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