Fronde

/ (frɒnd, French frɔ̃d) /

noun

French history either of two rebellious movements against the ministry of Cardinal Mazarin in the reign of Louis XIV, the first led by the parlement of Paris (1648–49) and the second by the princes (1650–53)

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Word Origin for Fronde

C18: from French, literally: sling, the insurgent parliamentarians being likened to naughty schoolboys using slings

Words nearby Fronde

frome, fromentin, fromenty, fromm, frond, Fronde, frondescence, frondeur, frondizi, frondose, frons

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Example sentences from the Web for fronde

He had come out of the storms of the Fronde a sad and disappointed man.
The Women of the French Salons|Amelia Gere Mason
Cardinal Mazarin, after his return to Paris, made it his chief study to divide the Fronde.
The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, Complete|Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz
During the war of the Fronde, the parliament absolutely refused to register the royal decrees.
A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon|John Lord, A.M.
As we have said, La Rochefoucauld had grown wearied of the Fronde, into which he had hopefully flung himself in 1648.
Political Women, Vol. 2 (of 2)|Sutherland Menzies

In 1652, during the war of the Fronde it suffered severely at the hands of the royal troops under Turenne.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7|Various

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