n. - Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.
n. - A variety of pigeon.
v. t. - To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.
v. t. - To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.