Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dragoon

1 sense of dragoon

Sense 1
dragoon -- (a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen)
       => cavalryman, trooper -- (a soldier mounted on horseback; "a cavalryman always takes good care of his mount")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dragoon

2 senses of dragoon

Sense 1
dragoon, sandbag, railroad -- (compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone")
       => coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force -- (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information")

Sense 2
dragoon -- (subjugate by imposing troops)
       => subjugate, subject -- (make subservient; force to submit or subdue)