M0146600 (mä′tə här′ē, măt′ə hăr′ē) Originally Margaretha Geertruida Zelle. 1876-1917. 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.
Mata Hari
(ˈmɑːtə ˈhɑːrɪ) n (Biography) real name Gertrud Margarete Zelle. 1876–1917, Dutch dancer in France, who was executed as a German spy in World War I
Ma•ta Ha•ri
(ˈmɑ tə ˈhɑr i, ˈmæt ə ˈhær i) n. (Gertrud Margarete Zelle) 1876–1917, Dutch dancer in France: executed as a spy by the French. Thesaurus
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Mata Hari - Dutch dancer who was executed by the French as a German spy in World War I (1876-1917)Margarete Gertrud Zelle
Mata Hari
Mata Hari
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle
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Birthplace
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Died
Nationality
Dutch
Known for
Convicted as a spy in World War I
Hari, Mata:
see Mata HariMata Hari , 1876–1917, Dutch dancer and spy in German service during World War I. Her real name was Margaretha Geertruida Zelle. A dancer in Paris, she joined the German secret service in 1907, and during the war she betrayed important military secrets confided to her by .....Click the link for more information..
Mata Hari
(mä`tə hä`rē), 1876–1917, Dutch dancer and spy in German service during World War I. Her real name was Margaretha Geertruida Zelle. A dancer in Paris, she joined the German secret service in 1907, and during the war she betrayed important military secrets confided to her by the many high Allied officers who were on intimate terms with her. In 1917 she was arrested, convicted, and executed by the French.
Bibliography
See biography by S. Waagenaar (1965).
Mata Hari
(1876–1917) courtesan executed by French for German espionage (1917). [Ger. Hist.: EB, VI: 683]See: Spying
Mata Hari
real name Gertrud Margarete Zelle. 1876--1917, Dutch dancer in France, who was executed as a German spy in World War I
Mata Hari
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noun Dutch dancer who was executed by the French as a German spy in World War I (1876-1917)