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Webster 1913 Edition

Cordelier

Corˊde-lier′

(kôrˊdē̍-lēr′)
,
Noun.
[F., fr. OF.
cordel
, F.
cordeau
, dim. fr.
corde
string, rope. See
Cord
.]
1.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A Franciscan; – so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.
2.
(Fr. Hist.)
A member of a French political club of the time of the first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cordelier

CORDELIER

,
Noun.
A Franciscan friar; one of the order of religious founded by St. Francis; a gray friar. The cordeliers wear a thick gray cloth, a little cowl, a chaperon, and a cloke, with a girdle of rope or cord, tied with three knots.

Definition 2024

Cordelier

Cordelier

See also: cordelier

English

Noun

Cordelier ‎(plural Cordeliers)

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

cordelier

cordelier

See also: Cordelier

French

Adjective

cordelier m ‎(feminine singular cordelière, masculine plural cordeliers, feminine plural cordelières)

  1. Cordelier
  2. Franciscan

Noun

cordelier m ‎(plural cordeliers)

  1. Cordelier
  2. Franciscan

Etymology

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

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