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

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

Ces essais d’Oscar Wilde représentent plus particulièrement le côté paradoxal et frondeur de sa personalité.

From The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports by Anonymous

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

Tallemant says that the Marquis "avait terriblement d'esprit, mais un peu frondeur."

From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund