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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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 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.
Mademoiselle was the last to disappear of the grand figures belonging to the time of the Fronde.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede
Since the exploits during the Fronde, the Princess had always considered herself as belonging to the profession of arms.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede
Neither Retz nor the great Cond� showed signs in their old age of their characteristics displayed under the Fronde; both had become calmed.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede
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