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1. A member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen

1. Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
   "They dragooned him to make dinner for everyone"
   - sandbag, railroad
    
2. Subjugate by imposing troops

Derived forms: dragooned, dragoons, dragooning

Type of: cavalryman, coerce, force, hale [archaic], pressure, squeeze, subject, subjugate, trooper

Encyclopedia: Dragoon