dragonnade noun & verb. [dragǝ'neɪd] Orig. dragoonade. E18.
[French, formed as DRAGOON noun: see -ADE.]
A. noun sing. & (usu.) in pl. A persecution conducted by Louis XIV against French Protestants in the 1680s, in which dragoons were quartered on them; any persecution conducted with the aid of troops. E18.
b. verb trans. Subject to dragonnades. L19.

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