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. ] 1. ((Mil.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A variety of pigeon. Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dragoon bird (Zool.), the umbrella bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dragooned p. pr. & vb. n. Dragooning. ] 1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. See Dragonnade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dragoon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]