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cordelier

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables
corde-lier
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Franciscan (member of the Order of Friars Minor)

noun

A member of the Cordeliers, a French populist club during the French Revolution, which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.

Etymology

French, related to corde (“rope”), from the girdle of knotted cord worn by the Franciscans.

Inflected Forms

Cordeliers (plural)

Questions

What does cordelier mean?
A Franciscan (member of the Order of Friars Minor)
Where does cordelier come from?
French, related to corde (“rope”), from the girdle of knotted cord worn by the Franciscans.

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