Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Cordelier

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Cordelier


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(1):

(n.) A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.

(2):

(n.) A member of a French political club of the time of the first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.