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View synonyms for frondeur

frondeur

[ fron-dur; French frawn-dœr ]

noun

, plural fron·deurs [fron-, durz, f, r, aw, n, -, dœr].
  1. a rebel; rioter.


Frondeur

/ frɒnˈdɜː; frɔ̃dœr /

noun

  1. French history a member of the Fronde
  2. any malcontent or troublemaker
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of frondeur1

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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Example Sentences

The loss was indeed serious; for the young orator was far more than a frondeur.

By this repressive policy the frondeur spirit of the Noblesse was revived, and it has continued to exist down to the present time.

Then suddenly he added, "Apropos, have you heard that Eugne has become one of the leaders of these frondeur madmen?"

Some one had once called him a frondeur; he was greatly delighted with that name.

Guy Patin is, in short, a systematic grumbler, a regular frondeur; but it is chiefly in talk and speculation.

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