单词 | dragonnade |
释义 | dragonnaden. In plural a series of persecutions directed by Louis XIV against French Protestants, in which dragoons were quartered upon the persecuted. Hence, any persecution carried on with the help of troops. (Rare in singular.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > persecution cravinga1300 warrayinga1300 persecutionc1350 persecutionc1384 pursuita1387 persecuting1543 dragooning1691 prosecution1702 dragonnadesa1715 hounding1887 dragoonage1894 witch-hunting1918 a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 673 It was supported by the authority of a great King, and the terror of ill usage, and a dragoonade in conclusion. 1781 J. O. Justamond tr. B.-F.-J. Mouffle d'Angerville Private Life Lewis XV III. 25 Notwithstanding the favourable accounts given..of these Religionists, it was in agitation to renew the Dragonades. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 403 France was to go her way through Bartholomew massacres and the dragonnades to a polished Louis the Magnificent. 1871 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David II. Ps. xliv. 22 The dragoonades of Claverhouse. 1873 S. Smiles Huguenots in France (1881) ii. i. 291 To avoid the horrors of the dragonnade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). dragonnadev. transitive. To subject to a dragonnade; to dragoon. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > persecute seekc825 baitc1175 war?c1225 pursuec1300 chase1340 course1466 persecutea1475 suea1500 pickc1550 pursuit1563 prosecute1588 exagitate1602 dragoon1689 harass1788 martyr1851 dragonnade1881 witch-hunt1919 vamp1970 1881 S. Smiles Huguenots in France (new ed.) ii. i. 289 The Huguenots..refused to be converted by the priests; and then Louis XIV. determined to dragonnade them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1715v.1881 |
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