Cordelier

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noun

A Franciscan (member of the Order of Friars Minor)

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Meanings

nounCordelier (plural Cordeliers)

plural Cordeliers

  1. A Franciscan (member of the Order of Friars Minor)
  2. historicalA member of the Cordeliers, a French populist club during the French Revolution, which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
franciscan

Origin

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

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Translations

Esperanto kordeliero
  • kordelieromember of populist club
Cite this entry
APA

Cordelier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cordelier

MLA

“Cordelier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cordelier. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cordelier,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cordelier.

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