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Meanings of dragoon in английском

Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means.

Usage of dragoon in английском
1
One dragoon advanced and was struck off his horse by the bayonet.
A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a History ...
2
A dragoon rushed upon him, and was stricken down by the bayonet.
The Life of Francis Marion
3
No one would molest La Croissette the needle-seller, not even a dragoon.
Jacques Bonneval; Or, The Days of the Dragonnades
4
At this sight a British dragoon darted forward to cut him down.
The Life of Francis Marion
5
He had proceeded to dragoon Gard as if he were a lad.
Villa Elsa / A Story of German Family Life
6
I had got a slice on the shoulder from a dragoon's sword.
Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden
7
A smart-looking, though travel-stained, little dragoon subaltern cantered up, dismounted, and saluted.
On the Heels of De Wet
8
The dragoon in charge called out: Oh, don't swap, don't you swap!
Whistler Stories
9
In the fight one of the Covenanters fired a pistol, wounding a dragoon.
Sketches of the Covenanters
10
He gratified the young dragoon with the slightest bow and the longest stare.
Patsy
11
That of the young dragoon was short and simple, but sad.
In the Track of the Troops
12
Running to the window, I saw two men on horseback in dragoon equipments.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 / A Magazine...
13
He began to laugh, and the contagion seized every dragoon of the party.
The Actress in High Life / An Episode in Winter Quarters
14
She served the breakfast, and put several questions to the dragoon.
The Two Brothers
15
But don't worry, I'm not going to dragoon you two along.
The Neutronium Alchemist
16
It was a dragoon pistol, with the barrel cut off short.
The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite
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