Both Uses of
dragoon
in
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
- You remember Dr. Bulkeley told us he used to be a captain of the dragoons in Barbados.†
p. 157.7 *
- Why, he was a gentleman, an officer of the King's Dragoons, a knight!†
p. 159.2
Definition:
a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
or:
force someone to do something; or subjugate by imposing troops
or:
force someone to do something; or subjugate by imposing troops