Corday

[ kawr-dey ]

/ kɔrˈdeɪ /

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noun

Charlotte Maria Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont, 1768–93, French Revolutionary heroine: assassinated Jean-Paul Marat.

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How to use Corday in a sentence

His wife was taken to the prison of the Abbaye, and given the cell which was to be tenanted, six weeks later, by Charlotte Corday.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2)|Benjamin Ellis Martin
In a later century Charlotte Corday was a pupil of the convent.
How France Built Her Cathedrals|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
Charlotte Corday was a reactionist, but she slew Marat and died calmly and bravely.
A Girl of the Commune|George Alfred Henty
An immense crowd lined every street through which Charlotte Corday passed.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850.|Various

This extraordinary person was the daughter of M. d'Armont, and she passed into the immortality of history as Charlotte Corday.
Lectures on the French Revolution|John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

British Dictionary definitions for Corday

Corday

/ (French kɔrdɛ) /

noun

Charlotte (ʃarlɔt), full name Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont. 1768–93, French Girondist revolutionary, who assassinated Marat

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