Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Dutch spy. A professional dancer in Paris after 1905, she apparently spied for Germany during World War I and was arrested and executed by the French.
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- proper noun Any
exotic , femalespy .
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- noun Dutch dancer who was executed by the French as a German spy in World War I (1876-1917)
Etymologies
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Examples
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“He told me that the dancer they call Mata Hari is a German spy,” she said as his eyes began to close again.
Water Song Suzanne Weyn 2006
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“He told me that the dancer they call Mata Hari is a German spy,” she said as his eyes began to close again.
Water Song Suzanne Weyn 2006
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I’d once heard her described as the Mata Hari of Atoka, with her va-va-voom style of dressing and her success at weaseling information out of her neighbors—but with the eyebrows she looked more like Spock from Star Trek.
The Merlot Murders Ellen Crosby 2006
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True, I did have to live for the next week with the nickname Mata Hari, but compared to being known as the writer whose act of fictional revenge had so badly failed, I wouldn’t have cared if everyone had called me Lizzie Borden.
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True, I did have to live for the next week with the nickname Mata Hari, but compared to being known as the writer whose act of fictional revenge had so badly failed, I wouldn’t have cared if everyone had called me Lizzie Borden.
Author! Author! » Blog Archive » When good perspectives go bad 2006
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I’d once heard her described as the Mata Hari of Atoka, with her va-va-voom style of dressing and her success at weaseling information out of her neighbors—but with the eyebrows she looked more like Spock from Star Trek.
The Merlot Murders Ellen Crosby 2006
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In 1917, Margaretha Zelle, the spy better known as Mata Hari, was executed by firing squad.
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In 1917, Margaretha Zelle, the spy better known as Mata Hari, was executed by firing squad.
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In 1917, Margaretha Zelle, the spy better known as Mata Hari, was executed by firing squad.
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She could reveal to them that there was a spy school in Antwerp and that the dancer known as Mata Hari was spying for the Germans.
Water Song Suzanne Weyn 2006
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