Cordelia

American  

[kawr-deel-yuh] / kɔrˈdil jə /

noun

1. (in Shakespeare'sKing Lear ) the youngest of Lear's three daughters and the only one who remains loyal to her father.

2. a female given name.

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Cordelia Cultural  

1. The youngest of the king's three daughters in the play King Lear, by William Shakespeare. King Lear at first thinks her ungrateful to him because she refuses to flatter him as her sisters do; he soon finds out that she is the only one of the three who genuinely cares for him.

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Cordelia

Events manager Cordelia Sheridan, 27, who exercises four to five times a week at her gym in Battersea, says she treats her £45 gym membership "like an essential utility bill".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

In our alleged golden age of TV, comedy has been Cordelia, the disenfranchised child of a grim medium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

When he took on the role of King Lear in his 80s, in Sir Richard Eyre's 2018 film, Lear's words to his daughter Cordelia struck a painful chord.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025

Her voice comes now by way of Cordelia Cupp, a full-time birder and part-time crime solver in Netflix’s “The Residence,” from creator Paul William Davies.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025

“Yes,” I say, “but . . .” “Just yes or no,” says Cordelia.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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