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Cor•de•lier
(kôr′dl ēr′),USA pronunciation n.
- Religiona Franciscan friar: so called from the knotted cord worn as a girdle.
- World History Cordeliers, a political club in Paris that met at an old Cordelier convent at the time of the French Revolution.
- Middle French; replacing Middle English cordeler. See cordelle, -er2
- 1350–1400