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 glory of Baptiste touched her because he was "her own," arriving from Italy some time before the Fronde.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede
Thenceforward the Fronde becomes a story of sordid intrigues and half-hearted warfare, losing all trace of its first constitutional phase.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
This is one of the most serious souvenirs of the wars of the Fronde.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede
The Fronde as a civil war was now over.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
During the wars of religion of the 16th century it was occupied by the duke of Mayenne on behalf of the League, and in the 17th century, during the Fronde, by the duke of Longueville.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
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