Cordelier

American  

[kawr-dl-eer] / ˌkɔr dlˈɪər /

noun

1. a Franciscan friar: so called from the knotted cord worn as a girdle.

2. Cordeliers, a political club in Paris that met at an old Cordelier convent at the time of the French Revolution.

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Cordelier British  

/ ˌkɔːdɪˈlɪə /

noun

1. RC Church a Franciscan friar of the order of the Friars Minor

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Etymology

Origin of Cordelier

1350–1400; < Middle French; replacing Middle English cordeler. See cordelle, -er ²

Example Sentences

He became the advocate of mercy, and his friend Camille Desmoulins pleaded for the same cause in the Vieux Cordelier.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

In January, the Vieux Cordelier ceased to appear.

From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville

‘Madam, said she, did you not observe that fine young Cordelier, who brought the Box?’

From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Summers, Montague

Agnes never knew, when preparing for one of those abhorred periodical interviews with the Cordelier, what he might say to her, or rather, what he might not say.

From For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary by Petherick, Horace

He was as different from old Father Dan, the Cordelier, as Mistress Flint differed from Mistress Winter.

From For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary by Petherick, Horace