DRAGONNADE


Meaning of DRAGONNADE in English

/drag'euh nayd"/ , n.

1. one of a series of persecutions of French Protestants, under Louis XIV, by dragoons quartered upon them.

2. any persecution with the aid of troops.

[ 1705-15; dragonne pertaining to a DRAGOON + -ade -ADE ]

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