Both Uses of
dragoon
in
Leaves of Grass
- Way for the Federal foot and dragoons, (and the apparitions copiously tumbling.†
Chpt 20
- Now call for the President's marshal again, bring out the government cannon, Fetch home the roarers from Congress, make another procession, guard it with foot and dragoons.†
Chpt 20 *
Definition:
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(dragoon) a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
or:
force someone to do something; or subjugate by imposing troops