dragoons

Meaning of dragoons

plural noun

a member of any of several cavalry regiments in the British army.

verb, 3rd person present
  1. coerce (someone) into doing something.
    she had been dragooned into helping with the housework

early 17th century (denoting a kind of carbine or musket, thought of as breathing fire): from French dragon ‘dragon’.

Information about dragoons

  • The singular form of dragoons is: dragoon.
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Hyphenation of dragoons

dra-goons

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • dragoons is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

dragoons synonyms

Meaning a horseman, especially a cavalryman:

cavalier

Meaning (in the Middle Ages) a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armour:

knight

Meaning a knight:

chevalier

Meaning a cavalry soldier whose principal weapon was a carbine:

carabineer

Meaning a soldier in a light cavalry regiment which had adopted a dress uniform modelled on that of the Hungarian hussars (now only in titles):

hussar

Meaning a soldier of a cavalry regiment armed with lances:

lancer

Meaning a cavalry soldier wearing a cuirass:

cuirassier

Meaning a cavalryman or fencer using a sabre:

sabreur

Meaning persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats:

coerce

Meaning attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something:

pressure, pressurize

Meaning compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action:

constrain

Meaning make strong efforts to persuade or force (someone) to do something:

press

Meaning exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself:

push

Meaning make (someone) do something against their will:

force

Meaning force or oblige (someone) to do something:

compel

Meaning drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something:

impel

Meaning make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something:

oblige

Meaning firmly press (something soft or yielding), typically with one's fingers:

squeeze

Meaning harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly:

hound

Meaning subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation:

harass

Meaning harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to:

nag

Meaning persistently carry out attacks on (an enemy or an enemy's territory):

harry

Meaning repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester:

badger

Meaning provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction:

goad

Meaning operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle:

drive

Meaning poke with a finger, foot, or pointed object:

prod

Meaning trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions:

pester

Meaning intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words:

browbeat

Meaning pressurize (someone) into adopting radically different beliefs by using systematic and often forcible means:

brainwash

Meaning force or bully (someone) to do something:

bludgeon

Meaning seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable):

bully

Meaning state one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done:

threaten

Meaning rule or treat (someone) despotically or cruelly:

tyrannize

Meaning have an influence on:

influence

Meaning frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants:

intimidate

Meaning a gambling card game in which players try to acquire cards with a face value totalling 21 and no more:

blackjack

Meaning use force insensitively when dealing with (someone or something):

bulldoze

Meaning rush or coerce (someone) into doing something:

railroad

Meaning (with reference to an object, especially a ball) move quickly up, back, or away from a surface after hitting it:

bounce

Meaning pressure someone into doing something:

hustle

Anagrams of dragoons

gadroons

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