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
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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
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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
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
The loss was indeed serious; for the young orator was far more than a frondeur.
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
His temper is essentially frondeur; he has, what so few possess, absolute independence of judgment; he refuses to see through other men's spectacles, whether of smoked or of rose-coloured glass.
From Critical Studies by Ouida
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
Then, on April 25, 1897, the French newspaper Le Frondeur published Taxil's confession that Vaughan was wholly fictitious.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2020
Mademoiselle consented to part with me when she had heard all, suddenly observing, however, as she looked at Darpent: 'But, Monsieur, are you not the great Frondeur with ideas of your own?
From Stray Pearls by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
And yet, Monsieur le Frondeur," said Mazarin, gayly, "the affair which you have taken in charge must, from the king—" "With which I have been given in charge, monseigneur.
From The Vicomte De Bragelonne by Dumas père, Alexandre
On my word of honor," said Athos, "one must be either a Mazarinist or a Frondeur.
From Twenty Years After by Dumas père, Alexandre
"Good!" said D'Artagnan, rising and brushing his knees; "now I have thee—thou art a Frondeur and the lover of Madame de Longueville."
From Twenty Years After by Dumas père, Alexandre
Among the frondeurs are former finance minister Arnaud Montebourg, former education minister Benoît Hamon, and former culture minister Aurélie Filippetti of the Green party, who were sacked from the cabinet after publicly criticising the government.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2014
The present generation of Muscovite frondeurs, who continue to rail against Western Europe and the pedantic officialism of St. Petersburg, are of a more modern and less academic type.
From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir
But then Paris was ever "in the opposition" and Parisians have ever been frondeurs.
From My Memoirs by Steinheil, Marguerite
Help me play my part and these frondeurs may yet feel the force of your sling.
From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Brooks, Elbridge Streeter
The successes of the rival powers were alternate for a long time; eventually the frondeurs were defeated, and De Retz escaping into Lorraine, Mazarin returned to Paris triumphant in February 1653.—H.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.
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