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dragonnade

noun

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from dragonnade

Definitions

  1. 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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