| 单词 | dragoon |
| 释义 | dragoon —dragoonage, n. /dreuh goohn"/, n. 1. (esp. formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop. 2. a member of a military unit formerly composed of such cavalrymen, as in the British army. 3. (formerly) a mounted infantryman armed with a short musket. v.t. 4. to set dragoons or soldiers upon; persecute by armed force; oppress. 5. to force by oppressive measures; coerce: The authorities dragooned the peasants into leaving their farms. [1615-25; < F dragon, special use of dragon DRAGON, applied first to a pistol hammer (so named because of its shape), then to the firearm, then to the troops so armed] |
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