Dragoon is a related term of browbeat.
As verbs the difference between dragoon and browbeat
is that
dragoon is to force someone into doing something; to coerce while
browbeat is to bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
As a noun dragoon
is (
lb) a horse soldier; a cavalryman, who uses a horse for mobility, but fights dismounted.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
dragoon Noun
( en noun)
(lb) A horse soldier; a cavalryman, who uses a horse for mobility, but fights dismounted.
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*:His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon ; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;.
A carrier of a dragon musket.
A variety of pigeon.
:(Clarke)
Verb
( en verb)
To force someone into doing something; to coerce.
Related terms
* dragooner
Anagrams
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browbeat English
Alternative forms
* brow-beat
Verb
To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
- Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.
Synonyms
* (to bully in an intimidating way) bully, cow, domineer, intimidate
Related terms
* browbeater
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