frondeur
Example Sentences
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His Eminence accused Eug�ne of being a frondeur; M. de Canaples, whose politics had grown sadly rusted in the country, asked me the meaning of the word.
From The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes by Sabatini, Rafael
Tallemant says that the Marquis "avait terriblement d'esprit, mais un peu frondeur."
From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund
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
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
Some one had once called him a frondeur; he was greatly delighted with that name.
From On the Eve by Garnett, Constance
