frondeur

Some one had once called him a frondeur; he was greatly delighted with that name.

From On the Eve by Garnett, Constance

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.

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

The loss was indeed serious; for the young orator was far more than a frondeur.

From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland

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

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

It is a most interesting population to examine in detail, made up of honest, skilful Parisian artisans, frondeurs at heart, jesting with everything, but terribly ticklish on the point of honour.

From With Those Who Wait by Huard, Frances Wilson

Mr Tadpole knows all about it; he has liaisons with the frondeurs.

From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

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 Brooks, Elbridge Streeter

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 Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir