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Saint Joan

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Noun

1. jeanne d'arc, joan of arc, saint joan

French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake (1412-1431)

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Saint Joan

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noun
Saint known as the Maid of Orléans; French name Jeanne d'Arc. ?1412–31, French national heroine, who led the army that relieved Orléans in the Hundred Years' War, enabling Charles VII to be crowned at Reims (1429). After being captured (1430), she was burnt at the stake as a heretic. She was canonized in 1920. Feast day: May 30

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Saint Joan

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(Fr. name Jeanne d'Arc) 1412-31; Fr. heroine: defeated the English at Orléans (1429): burned at the stake for witchcraft
called the Maid of Orléans: also Saint Joan of Arc

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