dragoon
Bully into compliance
A dragoon is a mounted infantry soldier, historically one who could fight on horseback or on foot.
The verb to dragoon means to coerce or force someone into doing something, from the practice of using dragoons to suppress civilian populations: They dragooned him into helping with the move.
The coercive sense now dominates everyday usage.
Mounted European light cavalry
- lancerMounted soldier with spear
- uhlanLance-bearing cavalry soldier
- trooperMounted soldier or patroller
- carbineerCavalry armed with carbines
charger · mounted · regiment · brigade · carbine · pistol · scabbard · saddle
Force upon contact
- intimidateInstill fear to control
- compelForce to act
- bullyHabitual intimidator
- browbeatIntimidate through pressure
badger · hound · strong-arm · force · constrain · press · push · drive
Ground combat troops
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- trooperMounted soldier or patroller
- privateRestricted to certain parties
- sergeantMid-level military rank
recruit · veteran · warrior · combatant · mercenary · musket · uniform · garrison
Early portable firearm
- matchlockCord-ignited gun mechanism
- musketoonShort-barreled cavalry firearm
- mounted infantrySoldiers traveling horseback, fighting afoot
- Thirty Years War1618-1648 European religious conflict
Huguenot · persecution · Louis XIV · cavalry raid · billeting · Protestant
hussar
Mounted European light cavalry
- lancerMounted soldier with spear
- uhlanLance-bearing cavalry soldier
- trooperMounted soldier or patroller
carbineer · charger · mounted · regiment · brigade · carbine · pistol · scabbard · saddle · stirrup
pressure
Force upon contact
- intimidateInstill fear to control
- compelForce to act
- bullyHabitual intimidator
browbeat · badger · hound · strong-arm · force · constrain · press · push · drive · harass
infantry
Ground combat troops
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- trooperMounted soldier or patroller
- privateRestricted to certain parties
sergeant · recruit · veteran · warrior · combatant · mercenary · musket · uniform · garrison · drill
harquebus
Early portable firearm
- matchlockCord-ignited gun mechanism
- musketoonShort-barreled cavalry firearm
- mounted infantrySoldiers traveling horseback, fighting afoot
Thirty Years War · Huguenot · persecution · Louis XIV · cavalry raid · billeting · Protestant
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