English to Norwegian Meaning of dragoon - dragoon

Dragoon :

dragoon

noun

verb

makt, tvinge, begrense, forhindre

Dragoon :: dragoonDragooned :: dragoonedDragooning :: dragooningDragoons :: dragoner

← Dragonfly

drain →

Share This

Definitions of dragoon in English

Noun(1) a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen
Verb(1) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means(2) subjugate by imposing troops

Examples of dragoon in English

(1) Cavalry forces evolved into four categories throughout the ages: the cuirassier or heavy cavalryman, the lancer, the dragoon or mounted infantryman, and the light cavalry.(2) But Kent was in a dragoon regiment and the half jacket you wear is typical for hussar uniforms.(3) However, it is almost certain he and other top officials will spend the summer attempting to dragoon local officials and businessmen into slowing development.(4) The whips who failed miserably to dragoon the rebels through the ├ö├ç├┐No├ö├ç├û lobby on Wednesday wearily admit that a mass revolt by more than a third of backbenchers cannot be passed off as a mere blip.(5) It is possible that the red uniforms of several British dragoons may have been glimpsed on Novikov's estate.(6) The politically innocent Dave is dragooned into impersonating the real president, in order to hide the truth from the public.(7) We have recently added a troop of dragoons to the regiment.(8) Like other forms of body armour, metal helmets were generally abandoned in Latin Europe around 1660, but were revived around 1810 for units of heavy cavalry and dragoons , and are still worn by such units on formal occasions.(9) After sitting through the tedious mutualisation vote, he was dragooned by the bossy PR woman from during the question time session for group managing director.(10) The Patriot delivers in the form of Colonel William Tavington of the green dragoons .(11) Fired on by guns from both flanks and to the front, he and a few dragoons reached the Russian line before retreating.(12) So Saturday last weekend I was dragooned into being a judge at a local school's speech contest.(13) The commander of the dragoons was court-martialled, and shot himself.(14) As she traced the zipper outline of the case, she explained to Brian, ├ö├ç├┐There's a party tonight, and I was dragooned into going.├ö├ç├û(15) It is a painting I often have in mind when I write about my dragoons .(16) Cavalry was essential to pursue the hard-riding Indians - at first, a full regiment of dragoons was drummed to the colors, and then a second regiment.

(1) dragon-fly ::

drage-fly

Synonyms

Noun

1. cavalryman ::

kavalerist

2. mounted soldier ::

montert soldat

3. knight ::

ridder

4. chevalier ::

chevalier

5. hussar ::

Hussar

6. cavalier ::

cavalier

Verb

7. coerce ::

tvinge

8. pressure ::

press

9. press ::

trykk

10. push ::

trykk

11. force ::

makt

12. compel ::

tvinge

13. impel ::

tilskynde

14. hound ::

hund

15. harass ::

trakassere

16. nag ::

maser

17. harry ::

harry

18. badger ::

grevling

19. goad ::

egge

20. pester ::

plage

21. browbeat ::

browbeat

22. bludgeon ::

bludgeon

23. bully ::

bølle

24. twist someone's arm ::

vri noens arm

25. strong-arm ::

sterk arm

26. railroad ::

jernbane

Different Forms

dragoon, dragooned, dragooning, dragoons

English to Norwegian Dictionary: dragoon

Meaning and definitions of dragoon, translation in Norwegian language for dragoon with similar and opposite words. Also find spoken pronunciation of dragoon in Norwegian and in English language.

Tags for the entry 'dragoon'

What dragoon means in Norwegian, dragoon meaning in Norwegian, dragoon definition, examples and pronunciation of dragoon in Norwegian language.