Both Uses of
dragoon
in
Lonesome Dove
- It was an old Colt dragoon with a seven-inch barrel and, as he was fond of saying, weighed about as much as the leg he strapped it to.†
Chpt 3-4 *
- Augustus drew his big dragoon Colt and jammed the barrel into Dan's stomach.†
Chpt 74-74
Definitions:
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(1)
(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 -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus