Corday
Charlotte Maria Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont, 1768–93, French Revolutionary heroine: assassinated Jean-Paul Marat.
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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 MartinIn a later century Charlotte Corday was a pupil of the convent.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'ReillyCharlotte Corday was a reactionist, but she slew Marat and died calmly and bravely.
A Girl of the Commune | George Alfred HentyAn immense crowd lined every street through which Charlotte Corday passed.
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
/ (French kɔrdɛ) /
Charlotte (ʃarlɔt), full name Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont. 1768–93, French Girondist revolutionary, who assassinated Marat
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