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Conscript cavalryman (7)

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I believe the answer is:

dragoon

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This clue might be a double definition.

'conscript' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'cavalryman' is the second definition.
(I know that dragoon is a type of cavalryman)

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(Other definitions for dragoon that I've seen before include "Shanghai" , "Constrain" , "Coerce; mounted soldier" , "bring into line" , "Cavalryman; coerce (into doing something)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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