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Definition of Mata Hari in English: Mata Hariproper nounˌmɑːtə ˈhɑːriˈmatə ˈharē 1(1876–1917), Dutch dancer and secret agent; born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle. She probably worked for both French and German intelligence services before being executed by the French in 1917. - 1.1as noun a Mata Hari A beautiful and seductive female spy.
a Mata Hari of world finance Example sentencesExamples - If you haven't seen ‘Hare Meets Herr,’ or the one where a Mata Hari pigeon seduces Daffy, you haven't lived.
- If it is hard to see her as a bit of a Mata Hari - and one would rather not - it is even harder to believe that she was a keen stamp collector, holding on to her albums to the end.
Synonyms temptress, siren, femme fatale, enchantress, sorceress, delilah, circe, lorelei
Origin From Malay mata 'eye' and hari 'day', as a compound meaning 'sun'. Rhymes askari, Bari, Cagliari, calamari, Campari, charivari, curare, Ferrari, Harare, Kalahari, Mari, Qatari, Rastafari, safari, sari, Scutari, shikari, sparry, starry, Stradivari, tamari, terramare, Vasari, Zanzibari Definition of Mata Hari in US English: Mata Hariproper nounˈmatə ˈharē 1(1876–1917), Dutch dancer and secret agent; born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle. She probably worked for both French and German intelligence services before being executed by the French in 1917. - 1.1as noun a Mata Hari A beautiful and seductive female spy.
a Mata Hari of world finance Example sentencesExamples - If you haven't seen ‘Hare Meets Herr,’ or the one where a Mata Hari pigeon seduces Daffy, you haven't lived.
- If it is hard to see her as a bit of a Mata Hari - and one would rather not - it is even harder to believe that she was a keen stamp collector, holding on to her albums to the end.
Synonyms temptress, siren, femme fatale, enchantress, sorceress, delilah, circe, lorelei
Origin From Malay mata ‘eye’ and hari ‘day’, as a compound meaning ‘sun’. |