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DRAGOON

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("dragoon" is a kind of...):

cavalryman; trooper (a soldier mounted on horseback)

Derivation:

dragoon (subjugate by imposing troops)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subjugate by imposing troops

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "dragoon" is one way to...):

subject; subjugate (make subservient; force to submit or subdue)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

dragoon (a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means

Example:

They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone

Synonyms:

dragoon; railroad; sandbag

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "dragoon" is one way to...):

coerce; force; hale; pressure; squeeze (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

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