frondeur

Example Sentences

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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.

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

From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund

And the burden of his song ran thus: A frondeur wind Got up to-day, 'Gainst Mazarin It blows, they say.

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

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