frondeur

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French frondeur.

Noun

frondeur (plural frondeurs)

  1. A political rebel

French

Etymology

From fronde (sling) +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁɔ̃.dœʁ/
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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

Romanian

Noun

frondeur m (plural frondeuri)

  1. Obsolete form of frondor.

Declension

References

  • frondeur in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN