frondeur

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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

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

Then suddenly he added, "Apropos, have you heard that Eug�ne has become one of the leaders of these frondeur madmen?"

From The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes by Sabatini, Rafael

Ch�teaubriand's father is likewise one of the discontented, "a political frondeur, and very inimical to the court."

From The Ancient Regime by Durand, John