frondeur

Example Sentences

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By this repressive policy the frondeur spirit of the Noblesse was revived, and it has continued to exist down to the present time.

From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir

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

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

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

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