n. 25B6; noun (historical) the dragoons charged : CAVALRYMAN, mounted soldier; historical knight, chevalier, hussar; archaic cavalier.
25B6; verb he dragooned his friends into participating : COERCE, pressure, pressurize, press, push; force, compel, impel; hound, harass, nag, harry, badger, goad, pester; browbeat, bludgeon, bully, twist someone's arm, strong-arm; informal railroad.