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English
Etymology
French, related to corde (“rope”), from the girdle of knotted cord worn by the Franciscans.
Noun
Cordelier (plural Cordeliers)
- A Franciscan (member of the Order of Friars Minor)
- (historical) A member of the Corbeliers, a French populist club during the French Revolution, which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.
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