frondeur

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His temper is essentially frondeur; he has, what so few possess, absolute independence of judgment; he refuses to see through other men's spectacles, whether of smoked or of rose-coloured glass.

From Critical Studies by Ouida

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

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.

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 Hunt, William

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