dragoon

IPA: drˈɑgun

(military)
(weaponry, historical) Synonym of dragon (“a type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel and a flared muzzle, metaphorically exhaling fire like a mythical dragon”)
(by extension) Originally (historical), a soldier armed with a dragoon musket (sense 1.1) who fought both on foot and mounted on a horse; now, a cavalier or horse soldier from a regiment formerly armed with such muskets.
(by extension) A man with a fierce or unrefined manner, like a dragoon (sense 1.2).
A variety of pigeon, originally a cross between a horseman and a tumbler.

(Christianity, French politics, historical) To subject (a Huguenot) to the dragonnades (“a policy instituted by Louis XIV of France in 1681 to intimidate Protestant Huguenots to convert to Roman Catholicism by billeting dragoons (noun sense 1.2) in their homes to abuse them and destroy or steal their possessions”).
(by extension)
Chiefly followed by into: to force (someone) into doing something through harassment and intimidation; to coerce.
(military, historical) To cause (someone) to be attacked by dragoons.

Examples of "dragoon" in Sentences

The dragoon was the first to resume the conversation.
Her podcast mentioning "dragoon" had to come from here
A dragoon is a mounted soldier who attacks mounted, and fights dismounted in the defense.
The word "dragoon" was a thorn in my tenderest part that rankled and lacerated at every stir.
In the corner opposite the dragoon was a boy of eighteen or so in the working clothes of a terrassier or labourer.
As the afternoon stretched out into evening, they would mull over words such as dragoon, cabal, strauss and enterprise.
I believe Ms. Bauer is aiming in the general direction of "dragoon" as verb transitive, in particular the second definition of such as offered by the 1913 Webster: " 2.
The Obama White House first became known for reckless political tactics when the National Endowment for the Arts used several conference calls dragoon artists into promoting specific administration policies.
He called a dragoon, who was riding in advance, issued a few orders and cautions relative to the comfort and safety of Singleton, and speaking a consoling word to his friend himself, gave Roanoke the spur, and dashed by the car, at a rate that again put to flight all the philosophy of