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Cordelia definition

Cor·del·ia (kôr dēl′yə)

noun

  1. a feminine name
  2. in Shakespeare's King Lear, the youngest of Lear's three daughters, and the only one faithful to him

Etymology: prob. ult. < Celt Creiryddlydd, lit., daughter of the sea

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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