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frondeur

[fron-dur, frawn-dœr] / frɒnˈdɜr, frɔ̃ˈdœr /






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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

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

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

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

His Eminence accused Eug�ne of being a frondeur; M. de Canaples, whose politics had grown sadly rusted in the country, asked me the meaning of the word.

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