the persecution of French Huguenots during the reign of Louis XIV by dragoons quartered in their villages and homes
2.
subjection by military force
verb
3. (transitive)
to subject to persecution by military troops
Word origin
C18: from French, from dragondragoon
dragonnade in American English
(ˌdræɡəˈneid)
noun
1.
one of a series of persecutions of French Protestants, under Louis XIV, by dragoons quartered upon them
2.
any persecution with the aid of troops
Word origin
[1705–15; ‹ F, equiv. to dragonne pertaining to a dragoon + -ade-ade]This word is first recorded in the period 1705–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Romanesque, condominium, convergence, encore, shellac