单词 | joan of arc |
释义 | Joan of Arc in British Englishnoun 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 Joan of Arc in American English (ɑrk) (Fr. name Jeanne d'Arc) 1412-31; Fr. heroine: defeated the English at Orléans (1429): burned at the stakefor witchcraft called the Maid of Orléans: also Saint Joan of Arc Word lists withHistorical characters, saint |
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