frondeur
noun
a rebel; rioter.
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frondeur
American
[fron-dur, fr awn -dœr]
/ frɒnˈdɜr, frɔ̃ˈdœr /
noun
frondeurs
plural
Frondeur
British
/ frɒnˈdɜː, frɔ̃dœr /
noun
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French history a member of the Fronde
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any malcontent or troublemaker
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Etymology
Origin of frondeur
1790–1800; < French: literally, a participant in the Fronde (the rebellion against royal authority during the minority of Louis XIV), equivalent to Fronde + -eur -eur
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This brilliant young officer, by nature somewhat a frondeur, was finally guilty of expressions so disrespectful as to lead to his removal shortly before that of Paoli.
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
The Fronde left behind it a sense of littleness, of poverty-stricken humanity, and this particular frondeur had seen the mask drop from the features of his fellow-men.
From Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France by Gosse, Edmund
The loss was indeed serious; for the young orator was far more than a frondeur.
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
And the burden of his song ran thus: A frondeur wind Got up to-day, 'Gainst Mazarin It blows, they say.
From The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes by Sabatini, Rafael
His temper is essentially frondeur; he has, what so few possess, absolute independence of judgment; he refuses to see through other men's spectacles, whether of smoked or of rose-coloured glass.
From Critical Studies by Ouida
Then, on April 25, 1897, the French newspaper Le Frondeur published Taxil's confession that Vaughan was wholly fictitious.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2020
I am in the King's service and he is a Frondeur.
From My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France by Hayens, Herbert
I paid my respects to Madame de Sévigné in her box, where I found Mesdames de Villars, de Coulanges and de La Fayette, escorted by the little Abbé de Villars and de Grignau the Frondeur.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord
Le Frondeur? no; too much trouble; he shrugged his abhorrence.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 10 by Edgeworth, Maria
And yet, Monsieur le Frondeur," said Mazarin gayly, "the affair which you have taken in charge must, from the king——" "With which I have been given in charge, monseigneur.
From Ten Years Later by Dumas père, Alexandre
Among the frondeurs are former finance minister Arnaud Montebourg, former education minister Benoît Hamon, and former culture minister Aurélie Filippetti of the Green party, who were sacked from the cabinet after publicly criticising the government.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2014
And these two boys are not the "frondeurs" of the Paris streets, but the highest dignitaries, of France—her king and her royal prince.
From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Brooks, Elbridge Streeter
Help me play my part and these frondeurs may yet feel the force of your sling.
From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Brooks, Elbridge Streeter
It is a most interesting population to examine in detail, made up of honest, skilful Parisian artisans, frondeurs at heart, jesting with everything, but terribly ticklish on the point of honour.
From With Those Who Wait by Huard, Frances Wilson
Mr Tadpole knows all about it; he has liaisons with the frondeurs.
From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
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