frondeur

Example Sentences

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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

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 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

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

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.