persecution by military means
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• (n.) The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade.
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Drag`on·nade' (drăg`ŏn*nād')
noun [ French, from
dragon dragoon, because Louis XIV., in persecuting the Protestants of his kingdom, quartered dragoons upon them.] The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid...
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one of a series of persecutions of French Protestants, under Louis XIV, by dragoons quartered upon them. · any persecution with the aid of troops.
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