DRAGONNADE

Etymology

Noun

dragonnade (plural dragonnades)

(historical) A policy by Louis XIV to intimidate Huguenots to reconvert to Roman Catholicism.

The abandonment of a place to the violence of soldiers.

Source: Wiktionary

Drag`on*nade", n. Etym: [F., fr. dragon dragoon, because Louis XIV., in persecuting the Protestants of his kingdom, quartered dragoons upon them.]

Definition: The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade. He learnt it as he watched the dragonnades, the tortures, the massacres of the Netherlands. C. Kingsley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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