frondeur
Example Sentences
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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
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
The Fronde left behind it a sense of littleness, of poverty-stricken humanity, and this particular frondeur had seen the mask drop from the features of his fellow-men.
From Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France by Gosse, Edmund
Proud, hard to work with, jealous, and irascible, he was essentially the leader of opposition, the grumbler, and the frondeur.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
