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Fronde (frōnd)

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

Etymology: Fr, lit., a sling

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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