frondeur
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Some one had once called him a frondeur; he was greatly delighted with that name.
From On the Eve by Constance Garnett
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 Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
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 loss was indeed serious; for the young orator was far more than a frondeur.
From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose
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
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
Mr Tadpole knows all about it; he has liaisons with the frondeurs.
From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
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
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
The present generation of Muscovite frondeurs, who continue to rail against Western Europe and the pedantic officialism of St. Petersburg, are of a more modern and less academic type.
From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
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