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Definition of Malcontent

Malcontent
Malcontent Mal"con*tent`, a. [F., fr. mal ill + content. See Malice, Content.] discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government. [Written also malecontent.] The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. --Milner.
Malcontent
Malcontent Mal"con*tent`, n. [F. malcontent.] One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a government; one who express his discontent by words or overt acts. --Spenser. Berkeley.

Meaning of Malcontent from wikipedia

- Look up malcontent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The malcontent is a character type that often appeared in early modern drama. The character, usually...
- The Malcontents were a faction of gentlemen in the "fifth" French War of Religion (1574–1576). They opposed the policy of Henry of Valois, duc d'Anjou...
- The Malcontent is an early Jacobean stage play written by the dramatist and satirist John Marston ca. 1603. The play was one of Marston's most successful...
- Look up malcontent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A malcontent is an early modern dramatic character type. Malcontent(s) may also refer to: The Malcontent...
- The Malcontents in the context of the Eighty Years' War or the Dutch Revolt were a faction of Catholic nobles in Hainaut and Artois who openly opposed...
- Wars of Religion. In the conflict between Henry III of France and the Malcontents, she took the side of Francis, Duke of Anjou, her younger brother, which...
- role-playing game created by Denis Gerfaud and re-published in English by Malcontent Games. It is the translation of Rêve de Dragon (English: "Dragon Dream")...
- (2001, RSC) as Martha A Russian In The Woods (2001, RSC) as Ilse The Malcontent (RSC) as Maria The Roman Actor (RSC) as Domita Ladybird (2004, Royal Court...
- buff-captain, the sallow-westphalian gammon-faced zaza cries" in The Malcontent. In 1622, John Taylor wrote "Where many a warlike Horse & many a Nagge...
- prominence. In the next year, when the Convention felt threatened by the malcontent National Guards of Paris, it appointed Barras to command the troops engaged...