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单词 frondeur
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Definition of frondeur in English:

frondeur

nounfʀɔndœʀfrɒnˈdəːˌfrônˈdər
rare
  • A political rebel.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Out of patience with the mid-90s rightwing frondeurs, he was a loyal government member who got on with his job.
    • He is doing very well and all the frondeurs are shivering in their shoes.
    • The early frondeurs used slings to shoot stones through the windows of government supporters.
    • These were the ‘philosophical circle’ and the ‘political circle,’ amicably decried by each other as ‘German sentimentalists’ and ‘French frondeurs.’
    • His decision horrified former frondeurs like Jean Le Boindre, who wrote that as ‘the French had changed their laws and their monarchy, they might as well change their name’.
    Synonyms
    nihilist, insurgent, agitator, subversive, guerrilla, terrorist, bioterrorist, narcoterrorist, ecoterrorist, cyberterrorist, agroterrorist, freedom fighter, resistance fighter, rebel, revolutionary, revolutionist, bolshevik, mutineer

Origin

French, literally 'slinger', used to denote a rebel taking part in the Fronde.

 
 

Definition of frondeur in US English:

frondeur

nounˌfrônˈdər
rare
  • A political rebel.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His decision horrified former frondeurs like Jean Le Boindre, who wrote that as ‘the French had changed their laws and their monarchy, they might as well change their name’.
    • Out of patience with the mid-90s rightwing frondeurs, he was a loyal government member who got on with his job.
    • These were the ‘philosophical circle’ and the ‘political circle,’ amicably decried by each other as ‘German sentimentalists’ and ‘French frondeurs.’
    • He is doing very well and all the frondeurs are shivering in their shoes.
    • The early frondeurs used slings to shoot stones through the windows of government supporters.
    Synonyms
    nihilist, insurgent, agitator, subversive, guerrilla, terrorist, bioterrorist, narcoterrorist, ecoterrorist, cyberterrorist, agroterrorist, freedom fighter, resistance fighter, rebel, revolutionary, revolutionist, bolshevik, mutineer

Origin

French, literally ‘slinger’, used to denote a rebel taking part in the Fronde.

 
 
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