Mata Hari

Noun

Meaning

Dutch dancer who was executed by the French as a German spy in World War I (1876-1917)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Margarete Gertrud Zelle

Examples

Before the war, Zelle had performed as Mata Hari several times before the Crown Prince Wilhelm, the eldest son of the Kaiser Wilhelm II and nominally a senior German general on the Western Front. Source: Internet

French intelligence agents intercepted the messages and, from the information it contained, identified H-21 as Mata Hari. Source: Internet

In 1897, she revealed her artistic name of Mata Hari, Malay ( Indonesian as a standardized register did not exist in 1897) for "sun" (literally, "eye of the day"), in correspondence to her relatives in the Netherlands. Source: Internet

In theatre the monologue Mata Hari: A Dawn's Sentence by Jorge Arroyo has been staged in Costa Rica (1987) and Brazil (2002-2003). Source: Internet

It is contended by some historians that Mata Hari may have merely accepted money from the Germans without actually carrying out any spy duties. Source: Internet

Mata Hari brought a carefree provocative style to the stage in her act, which garnered wide acclaim. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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