Dragoon

(noun.) a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen.

(verb.) subjugate by imposing troops.

(verb.) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; 'They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone'.

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• He looked as pale as the midnight dragoon who came to disturb Leonora. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I accused her of the fact, continued his lordship, and refused to promise secrecy till she had made me as happy as she had made the young dragoon. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• O Gad--really--Miss Rebecca, the heavy dragoon interposed. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Come here's grammar, the dragoon interposed. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• You're an independent dragoon, too! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• If George the vagabond dragoon had any hand in it, he was only an accomplice, and was set on. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He used to be slender as an eel, and now I fancy in him a sort of heavy dragoon bent--a beef-eater tendency. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• There was also a cavalry corps under General Harney, composed of detachments of the 1st, 2d, and 3d dragoons. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I recorded therefore my first choice, dragoons; second, 4th infantry; and got the latter. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• They captured two companies of dragoons, commanded by Captains Thornton and Hardee. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Colonel Twiggs, with seven companies of dragoons and a battery of light artillery, moved on the 8th. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Brummell, as Julia always declared, was, when in the 10th Dragoons, a very handsome young man. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I left my measurement with a tailor, with directions not to make the uniform until I notified him whether it was to be for infantry or dragoons. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Sheridan, who was up with him last night, reports all that is left, horse, foot, and dragoons, at twenty thousand, much demoralized. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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