frondeur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French frondeur.

Noun

frondeur (plural frondeurs)

1. A political rebel

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French

Etymology

From fronde (“sling”) +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔ̃.dœʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

frondeur m (plural frondeurs, feminine frondeuse)

1. slinger (someone who slings or who uses a sling)
2. (historical) member of the Fronde (civil war in France, 1648–1653)
3. (by extension) political rebel

Adjective

frondeur (feminine frondeuse, masculine plural frondeurs, feminine plural frondeuses)

1. politically disapproving

Further reading

• “frondeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Fronde (histoire) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr