dragonnade

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dragonnade, from dragon (“dragoon”).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

dragonnade (plural dragonnades)

  1. (historical) A policy by Louis XIV to intimidate Huguenots to reconvert to Roman Catholicism.
  2. The abandonment of a place to the violence of soldiers.
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