Fronde
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Fronde
C18: from French, literally: sling, the insurgent parliamentarians being likened to naughty schoolboys using slings
Example Sentences
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The Fronde had died away, and with it the power of the nobles.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
Under the Fronde her salon became a meeting place for the disaffected, and Mazarin is said to have sent to arrest her when she suddenly died.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
The Fronde came, and rendered any study impossible on account of the complete upsetting of the daily life of the Court of France, which was only encamped when it was not actually on the move.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede
After the Fronde he engaged in financial affairs, thanks to Fouquet.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
Party feeling ran high at the exiled Court, which, with the suppression of the first rebellion of the Fronde, took shape again.
From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta
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