dragonnade

(ˌdræɡəˈneɪd)

1. (Historical Terms) history the persecution of French Huguenots during the reign of Louis XIV by dragoons quartered in their villages and homes

2. (Military) subjection by military force

(Military) (tr) to subject to persecution by military troops

[C18: from French, from dragon dragoon]

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dragonnade

Past participle: dragonnaded
Gerund: dragonnading

Imperative
dragonnade
dragonnade

Present
I dragonnade
you dragonnade
he/she/it dragonnades
we dragonnade
you dragonnade
they dragonnade

Preterite
I dragonnaded
you dragonnaded
he/she/it dragonnaded
we dragonnaded
you dragonnaded
they dragonnaded

Present Continuous
I am dragonnading
you are dragonnading
he/she/it is dragonnading
we are dragonnading
you are dragonnading
they are dragonnading

Present Perfect
I have dragonnaded
you have dragonnaded
he/she/it has dragonnaded
we have dragonnaded
you have dragonnaded
they have dragonnaded

Past Continuous
I was dragonnading
you were dragonnading
he/she/it was dragonnading
we were dragonnading
you were dragonnading
they were dragonnading

Past Perfect
I had dragonnaded
you had dragonnaded
he/she/it had dragonnaded
we had dragonnaded
you had dragonnaded
they had dragonnaded

Future
I will dragonnade
you will dragonnade
he/she/it will dragonnade
we will dragonnade
you will dragonnade
they will dragonnade

Future Perfect
I will have dragonnaded
you will have dragonnaded
he/she/it will have dragonnaded
we will have dragonnaded
you will have dragonnaded
they will have dragonnaded

Future Continuous
I will be dragonnading
you will be dragonnading
he/she/it will be dragonnading
we will be dragonnading
you will be dragonnading
they will be dragonnading

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dragonnading
you have been dragonnading
he/she/it has been dragonnading
we have been dragonnading
you have been dragonnading
they have been dragonnading

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dragonnading
you will have been dragonnading
he/she/it will have been dragonnading
we will have been dragonnading
you will have been dragonnading
they will have been dragonnading

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dragonnading
you had been dragonnading
he/she/it had been dragonnading
we had been dragonnading
you had been dragonnading
they had been dragonnading

Conditional
I would dragonnade
you would dragonnade
he/she/it would dragonnade
we would dragonnade
you would dragonnade
they would dragonnade

Past Conditional
I would have dragonnaded
you would have dragonnaded
he/she/it would have dragonnaded
we would have dragonnaded
you would have dragonnaded
they would have dragonnaded

Mentioned in

Dragoonade

References in classic literature

The cannonade of the Isle of Re presaged to him the dragonnades of the Cevennes; the taking of La Rochelle was the preface to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

View in context

The dragonnade was a persecution of Huguenots under which French ruler?

Quiz of the Day

Anne Dunn-Page argues that the Apologiepour les Protestans (1672) was published in English in 1681 so that L'Estrange could invoke the theoretical support of Huguenot clergy as allies of the Church against Nonconformists, while downplaying the reality of Protestant suffering under Louis XlV's dragonnades. Line Cottegnies reads the 'Reflections' in L'Estrange's edition of Aesop's Fables (1692) as Stoic critiques of the post-Glorious Revolution polity, born of the moral pessimism of a man retired from public affairs.

Anne Dunan-Page and Beth Lynch (eds), Roger L'Estrange and the Making of Restoration Culture