[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["(especially formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop.", "a member of a military unit formerly composed of such cavalrymen, as in the British army.", "(formerly) a mounted infantryman armed with a short musket."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to set dragoons or soldiers upon; persecute by armed force; oppress.", "to force by oppressive measures; coerce:The authorities dragooned the peasants into leaving their farms."]}]