| 释义 |
fron·deur
\frōⁿdœœr\ noun
(plural frondeurs \-r(z)\)
Etymology: French, slinger, participant in a 17th century French revolt in which parliamentarians were compared to schoolboys who use their slings only when the teacher is not looking, rebel, malcontent, from fronde sling (from Old French fonde, fronde, from — assumed — Vulgar Latin fundula, diminutive of Latin funda) + -eur -or
: rebel, malcontent, dissident
< he did exhibit the spirit of a frondeur — H.A.Gibbons > |