Cordelier

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Cordelier

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

noun Cordeliers

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

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@misc{cordelier_2026,
  title = {Cordelier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cordelier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}