dragoon
/dɹəˈɡun/ verb C2- To subject (a Huguenot) to the dragonnades (“a policy instituted by Louis XIV of France in 1681 to intimidate Protestant Huguenots to convert to Roman Catholicism by billeting dragoons (noun sense 1.2) in their homes to abuse them and destroy or steal their possessions”).
- Chiefly followed by into: to force (someone) into doing something through harassment and intimidation; to coerce.
- To cause (someone) to be attacked by dragoons.
He/she/it dragoons · Past dragooned · Past participle dragooned · -ing form dragooning
Verb forms
- Base form
- dragoon
- He/she/it
- dragoons
- Past
- dragooned
- Past participle
- dragooned
- -ing form
- dragooning
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