frondeur

Example Sentences

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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

They call me a frondeur, but there are many such.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John

Ces essais d’Oscar Wilde représentent plus particulièrement le côté paradoxal et frondeur de sa personalité.

From The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports by Anonymous

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