Joan of Arc

American  

[ahrk] / ɑrk /

noun

1. Saint the Maid of Orléans, 1412?–31, French national heroine and martyr who raised the siege of Orléans.

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Joan of Arc British  

noun

1. Saint known as the Maid of Orléans; French name Jeanne d'Arc. ?1412–31, French national heroine, who led the army that relieved Orléans in the Hundred Years' War, enabling Charles VII to be crowned at Reims (1429). After being captured (1430), she was burnt at the stake as a heretic. She was canonized in 1920. Feast day: May 30

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Joan of Arc Cultural  

1. A French military leader of the fifteenth century, a national heroine who at the age of seventeen took up arms to establish the rightful king on the French throne. She claimed to have heard God speak to her in voices. These claims eventually led to her trial for heresy and her execution by burning at the stake. Joan of Arc is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Example Sentences

The 32-year-old is now also co-writing Baz Luhrmann's forthcoming Joan of Arc film, Jehanne d'Arc.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Within five years a French resurgence would gather momentum, driven by the intervention of a 17-year-old peasant girl known as Joan of Arc.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

“Like, it can’t just be Joan of Arc or cat ladies. There’s gotta be something in between!”

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2025

A new episode debuts weekly with the first four providing critical looks at Joan of Arc, John the Baptist, Sebastian and Maximilian Kolbe.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2024

Joan of Arc was the most wanted woman in the world at nineteen, having created a revolution.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak