Corday

[kawr-dey]

noun

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

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Historical Examples of corday

I know what I am saying, and I tell you that this woman Corday is a dangerous character.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, September 1908, No. 5
Various
These Bolsheviks in their turn will disappear, and who can say if there will be a Corday ready for Trotski?
In the World War
Count Ottokar Czernin

British Dictionary definitions for corday

Corday

noun

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

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