Dragoon

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A variety of pigeon.

II. Dragoon ·vt To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.

III. Dragoon ·vt To compel submission by violent measures; to Harass; to Persecute.

IV. Dragoon ·noun Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.

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