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Noun: Jeanne d'Arc
  1. French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake (1412-1431)
    - Joan of Arc, Saint Joan

Type of: martyr, military leader

Encyclopedia: Jeanne d'Arc