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Corday

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Cor·day  (kôr-d, kôrd), Charlotte 1768-1793.
French Revolutionary heroine who was guillotined for the assassination of Jean Paul Marat in 1793.
Corday (French) [kɔrdɛ]
n
(Biographies / Corday, Charlotte (1768-1793) F, French, POLITICS: revolutionary, CRIME AND POLICING: assassin) Charlotte (ʃarlɔt), full name Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont. 1768-93, French Girondist revolutionary, who assassinated Marat
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Noun1.Corday - French revolutionary heroine (a Girondist) who assassinated Marat (1768-1793)Corday - French revolutionary heroine (a Girondist) who assassinated Marat (1768-1793)
Charlotte Corday, Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont
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