frondeur
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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 William Hunt
They call me a frondeur, but there are many such.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by John Morley
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 Rafael Sabatini
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 Edmund Gosse
Diana dismissed it with contempt, as the shaft of a frondeur discredited by both parties.
From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Among the frondeurs are former finance minister Arnaud Montebourg, former education minister Benoît Hamon, and former culture minister Aurélie Filippetti of the Green party, who were sacked from the cabinet after publicly criticising the government.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2014
Help me play my part and these frondeurs may yet feel the force of your sling.
From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Elbridge Streeter Brooks
And these two boys are not the "frondeurs" of the Paris streets, but the highest dignitaries, of France—her king and her royal prince.
From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Elbridge Streeter Brooks
The successes of the rival powers were alternate for a long time; eventually the frondeurs were defeated, and De Retz escaping into Lorraine, Mazarin returned to Paris triumphant in February 1653.—H.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by H. T. Ryde
But then Paris was ever "in the opposition" and Parisians have ever been frondeurs.
From My Memoirs by Marguerite Steinheil
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