v. t.
The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they can be dragooned to nothing. Price. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. dragon dragon, dragoon, fr. L. draco dragon, also, a cohort's standard (with a dragon on it). The name was given from the sense standard. See Dragon. ]
Dragoon bird (Zool.),
n. See Dragonnade. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A dragoon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]