Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun jeanne_d'arc

1 sense of jeanne d'arc

Sense 1
Jeanne d'Arc, Joan of Arc, Saint Joan -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> military leader -- (a leader of military forces)
       INSTANCE OF=> martyr -- (one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion)