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Cordelier Definition

Cor·de·lier (kôr′də lir′; Fr kō̂r də lyā′)

noun

  1. in France, a member of the Franciscan Observants

  2. Etymology: after the Church of the Cordeliers, Paris, where the meetings were held

    a member of a radical French Revolutionary political club

Etymology: OFr < cordelle (see cordelle): so named from the knotted cord worn as girdle

Browse dictionary entries near Cordelier

  1. ‹ Cordelia
  2. ‹ corded
  3. ‹ cordboard
  4. ‹ Corday (d'Armont)
  5. ‹ cordate
  6. ‹ cordage
  7. ‹ cord
  8. ‹ Corcyra
  9. ‹ Corcovado
  10. ‹ Corbusier
  1. cordelle ›
  2. cordgrass ›
  3. cordial ›
  4. cordiality ›
  5. cordially ›
  6. cordierite ›
  7. cordiform ›
  8. cordillera ›
  9. Cordilleras ›
  10. cording ›