CORDELIER, noun A Franciscan friar; one of the order of religious founded by St. Francis; a gray friar. The cordeliers wear a thick gray cloth, a little cowl, a chaperon, and a cloke, with a girdle of rope or cord, tied with three knots.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.