dragonnade
one of a series of persecutions of French Protestants, under Louis XIV, by dragoons quartered upon them.
any persecution with the aid of troops.
Origin of dragonnade
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How to use dragonnade in a sentence
The horrors of the "dragonnades" of the reign of Louis the Fourteenth were rivalled by these earlier military persecutions.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry BairdIn this appeal of a scholar I find as much pathos as in any account of dragonnades.
The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century | Charles BastideThen persecution was recommenced, and many thousands were terrified into abjuring their religion by the means of the Dragonnades.
The so-called dragonnades were for the most part confined to the provinces.
Old and New Paris, v. 2 | Henry Sutherland EdwardsTruly, it was a most villanous device, to commit such a one to the chaste keeping of the heroes of the dragonnades.
La Sorcire: The Witch of the Middle Ages | Jules Michelet
British Dictionary definitions for dragonnade
/ (ˌdræɡəˈneɪd) /
history the persecution of French Huguenots during the reign of Louis XIV by dragoons quartered in their villages and homes
subjection by military force
(tr) to subject to persecution by military troops
Origin of dragonnade
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