frondeur
noun
a rebel; rioter.
frondeur
American
[fron-dur, fr awn -dœr]
/ frɒnˈdɜr, frɔ̃ˈdœr /
noun
frondeurs
plural
Frondeur
British
/ frɒnˈdɜː, frɔ̃dœr /
noun
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French history a member of the Fronde
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any malcontent or troublemaker
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of frondeur
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
Example Sentences
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Some one had once called him a frondeur; he was greatly delighted with that name.
From On the Eve by Garnett, Constance
This brilliant young officer, by nature somewhat a frondeur, was finally guilty of expressions so disrespectful as to lead to his removal shortly before that of Paoli.
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
Diana dismissed it with contempt, as the shaft of a frondeur discredited by both parties.
From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
This will not be the avocat, rarely listened to, nor even the Avocat g�n�ral, offensive in the eyes of the Parisian frondeur as the representative of authority.
From Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 by Walton, William
And the burden of his song ran thus: A frondeur wind Got up to-day, 'Gainst Mazarin It blows, they say.
From The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes by Sabatini, Rafael
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