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Corday

American  
[kawr-dey] / kɔrˈdeɪ /

noun

  1. Charlotte Maria Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont, 1768–93, French Revolutionary heroine: assassinated Jean-Paul Marat.


Corday British  
/ kɔrdɛ /

noun

  1. Charlotte (ʃarlɔt), full name Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont. 1768–93, French Girondist revolutionary, who assassinated Marat

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Both were Montagnards, members of the Revolution’s most ardent faction; Corday, from the rival Girondins, gained entry to Marat’s bathroom by claiming to have information on Girondin fugitives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Marat was murdered in July 1793 by Charlotte Corday, who was aligned with the more moderate Girondin faction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Attorneys for Corday and Corday Productions did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2025

Kingston played River Song in BBC One sci-fi series Doctor Who from 2008 to 2015, and starred in US medical drama ER for more than a decade as Dr Elizabeth Corday.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

Not long after this Marat was murdered in his bath by an aggrieved young woman named Charlotte Corday, but by this time it was too late for Lavoisier.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson