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

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 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

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