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单词 dragonnade
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Definition of dragonnade in English:

dragonnade

noun ˌdraɡəˈneɪdˌdraɡəˈnād
  • A form of persecution directed by Louis XIV against French Protestants, in which troops were quartered on them.

    (法王路易十四通过将其部队安排在新教徒家中食宿的办法)对新教徒的迫害

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Accordingly in 1681 Protestants began to be selectively subjected to the rigours of billeting - the notorious dragonnades.
    • Louis's dragonnades policy was so brutal that it caused great numbers of Protestants to flee France even before the religious rights granted them by the Edict of Nantes were removed in 1685.
    • Attempts at forcible conversion involved the quartering of troops - often dragoons, hence dragonnades - on Huguenot households.

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from dragon 'dragon' (see dragoon).

Definition of dragonnade in US English:

dragonnade

nounˌdraɡəˈnād
  • One of a series of persecutions directed by Louis XIV against French Protestants, in which troops were quartered upon them.

    (法王路易十四通过将其部队安排在新教徒家中食宿的办法)对新教徒的迫害

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Louis's dragonnades policy was so brutal that it caused great numbers of Protestants to flee France even before the religious rights granted them by the Edict of Nantes were removed in 1685.
    • Attempts at forcible conversion involved the quartering of troops - often dragoons, hence dragonnades - on Huguenot households.
    • Accordingly in 1681 Protestants began to be selectively subjected to the rigours of billeting - the notorious dragonnades.

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from dragon ‘dragon’ (see dragoon).

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