Cordelier

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Franciscan (member of the Order of Friars Minor)
  2. 2
    A member of the Cordeliers, a French populist club during the French Revolution, which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris. historical

Synonyms

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franciscan

Etymology

French, related to corde (“rope”), from the girdle of knotted cord worn by the Franciscans.

Related phrases

french revolution

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