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Female entertainer executed as a spy
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mata hari
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Margaretha Geertruida " Margreet " MacLeod (née Zelle ; 7 August 187615 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari , was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy and executed by firing squad in France under charges ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
stage name taken by exotic dancer Margaretha Gertruida Zelle (1876-1917), from Malay mata "eye" + hari "day, dawn."
Usage examples of mata hari.
What you do about that is your business, but be certain, we are not asking you to play Mata Hari.
You make it sound like I'm some Mata Hari, but I've never done any undercover work at all.
Before seeing what sort of a book I was going to have here, I wrote the dedication 'To Mata Hari.
When she was fourteen years old her brother Sean had taught her a smutty rhyme about Mata Hari.