HyperDic: mata_hari

English > 1 sense of the expression Mata Hari:
NOUNperson Mata Hari, Margarete Gertrud ZelleDutch dancer who was executed by the French as a German spy in World War I (1876-1917)
English > Mata Hari: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningDutch dancer who was executed by the French as a German spy in World War I (1876-1917).
SynonymMargarete Gertrud Zelle
Instance ofspy, undercover agent(military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
SpanishMargarete Gertrud Zelle, Mata Hari
CatalanMargarete Gertrud Zelle, Mata Hari

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