either of two rebellious movements against the ministry of Cardinal Mazarin in the reign of Louis XIV, the first led by the parlement of Paris (1648–49) and the second by the princes (1650–53)
Word origin
C18: from French, literally: sling, the insurgent parliamentarians being likened tonaughty schoolboys using slings
Fronde in American English
(fʀɔ̃̃d)
French
noun
a French political movement organized during the minority of Louis XIV to oppose the court and Cardinal Mazarin; also, the rebellions (1648-53) fomented by it