frondeur

Example Sentences

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This brilliant young officer, by nature somewhat a frondeur, was finally guilty of expressions so disrespectful as to lead to his removal shortly before that of Paoli.

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

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

From On the Eve by Garnett, Constance

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

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

From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund

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