Cordelier

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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Cordelier (plural Cordeliers)

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

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