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Definition of Mata hari
1. Noun. Dutch dancer who was executed by the French as a German spy in World War I (1876-1917).
Definition of Mata hari
1. Proper noun. Any exotic, female spy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mata Hari
Literary usage of Mata hari
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Celebrated Spies and Famous Mysteries of the Great War by George Barton (1919)
"Soon Mata-Hari came back to Paris and to the apartment near the Bois Boulogne.
... One evening an officer appeared there, and asked for Mata- Hari. ..."
2. The Affairs of Women: A Modern Miscellany by Colin Bingham (2006)
"mata hari and Edith Cavell were both shot as spies during World War I. Why is
mata hari more famed? She \vas not like Edith Cavell, merely tried. ..."
3. Daytrips Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg: 40 One Day Adventures by Rail, Bus by Earl Steinbicker (2006)
"From here follow a narrow canal to the small mata hari Statue ®. ... A particularly
interesting exhibition focuses on the life and times of mata hari. ..."
4. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the by Abraham Fornander, John F. G. Stokes (1885)
"Corresponding to the Polynesian mata-ri'i and mata-ka, we find the Sunda mata-powi,
the Malay mata-hari, the Celebes mata-alo and mata-rou, ..."