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
22 May 2024
(adjective) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth’s orbit; “Mercury and Venus are inferior planets”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
