Cordelier
See also: cordelier
English
editEtymology
editFrench, related to corde (“rope”), from the girdle of knotted cord worn by the Franciscans.
Noun
editCordelier (plural Cordeliers)
- A Franciscan (member of the Order of Friars Minor)
- (historical) A member of the Corbeliers, a French populist club during the French Revolution, which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.
Translations
editFranciscan — see Franciscan
member of populist club
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References
edit- “Cordelier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.