Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a series of persecutions of the Protestants, chiefly in the south of France, in the reign of Louis XIV., carried on by raids of dragoons, who were quartered upon the heretics and exercised great cruelty toward them; hence, any persecution carried on with the aid of troops.
- To persecute by methods similar to those of the dragonades.
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Examples
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If N'ton had actually ridden Canth, maybe he could ride out on the next dragonade on an injured man's beast, since there were more injured riders than dragons.
DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968
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When the dragonade invaded Dauphiny, the Vaudois about
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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With the revocation, the dragonade was extended, two places partially excepted, over all France.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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He adopted the atrocious scheme of the _dragonade_, or the billeting of soldiers, over whom there was no restraint, in
Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868
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