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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He favoured Cond�’s party at the beginning of the Fronde, but changed sides before he was too severely compromised.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
The other kind resorted to the methods of the Fronde; they made war by pin-pricks, by bursts of laughter, with all the resources of French gayety and wit.
From The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature by Cooper, Frederic Taber
The military record of the first or “parliamentary” Fronde is almost blank.
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
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
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