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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French frondeur.
Noun
frondeur (plural frondeurs)
- A political rebel
French
Etymology
From fronde (“sling”) + -eur.
Pronunciation
Noun
frondeur m (plural frondeurs, feminine frondeuse)
- slinger (someone who slings or who uses a sling)
- (historical) member of the Fronde (civil war in France, 1648–1653)
- (by extension) political rebel
Adjective
frondeur (feminine frondeuse, masculine plural frondeurs, feminine plural frondeuses)
- politically disapproving
Further reading
Romanian
Noun
frondeur m (plural frondeuri)
- Obsolete form of frondor.
Declension
References
- frondeur in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN