Meanings
noundragonnade (plural dragonnades)
plural dragonnades
- historicalA policy by Louis XIV to intimidate Huguenots to reconvert to Roman Catholicism.
- The abandonment of a place to the violence of soldiers.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*derḱ-
- Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai
- Ancient Greekδέρκομαι (dérkomai)
- Ancient Greekδράκων (drákōn)
- Latindracō
- Old Frenchdragon
- Frenchdragon
- Frenchdragonnade
- Englishdragonnade
Borrowed from French dragonnade, from dragon (“dragoon”) + -ade.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
French dragonnade
- dragonnadeTranslations
Slovak dragonáda
- dragonádaTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dragonnade
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
dragonnade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dragonnade
MLA
“dragonnade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dragonnade. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dragonnade,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dragonnade.
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