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
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
Ces essais d’Oscar Wilde représentent plus particulièrement le côté paradoxal et frondeur de sa personalité.
From The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports by Anonymous
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
Tallemant says that the Marquis "avait terriblement d'esprit, mais un peu frondeur."
From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund
