Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont
- proper noun
- In 1793, Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont assassinated Jean-Paul Marat.
Examples
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In 1793, Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont assassinated Jean-Paul Marat to protest against tyranny.
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Many historians believe that Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont's act changed the course of the French Revolution.
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A dramatic play depicted the final moments of Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont before her execution.
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The assassination carried out by Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont remains a subject of debate among scholars.
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Did Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont believe she was a heroine?
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A dramatic play depicted the life and motivations of Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont as a revolutionary figure.
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Many historians argue that Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont inspired others to stand against oppression during the Revolution.
Synonyms
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A French woman who killed the political leader Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution
Surface Forms
Morphology
Marie + Anne + Charlotte + Corday + d'Armont
This is a full proper name composed of given names and a surname; knowing the individual name tokens ('Marie', 'Anne', 'Charlotte', 'Corday', 'd'Armont') does not allow a learner to infer the biographical information (that she assassinated Jean‑Paul Marat and was a French revolutionary). Proper names are referential and arbitrary rather than compositional, so the MWE’s meaning is not derivable from its parts.
Etymology
Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont was a young woman in the French Revolution who travelled to Paris and killed the political writer Jean-Paul Marat with a knife. Because of that bold, single act, her name is remembered as both a lone 'assassin' and a controversial 'heroine' who tried to stop what she saw as tyranny.