English: what does dragoon mean?
Tutoring English, so many word discoveries happen. The tutor mentions dragoon.
dragoon (1. noun:military):
soldier on horseback; cavalry soldier.
dragoon (2. verb):
to cause someone to do something they would rather not, by manipulation or intimidation.
I’ve been known to dragoon my kids to practice the piano.
Source:
Barber, Katherine, et al (editors). Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current English. Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2005.
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