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Corday

[ kawr-dey ]
/ kɔrˈdeɪ /

noun

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

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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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