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Ma⋅ta Ha⋅ri

  [mah-tuh hahr-ee, mat-uh har-ee]
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(Gertrud Margarete Zelle) 1876–1917, Dutch dancer in France: executed as a spy by the French.
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Ma·ta Ha·ri   (mä'tə här'ē, māt'ə hār'ē)   
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.
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Mata Hari [(mah-tuh hahr-ee, mat-uh har-ee)]

A Dutch spy who worked for both the French and the Germans during World War I. The French executed her in 1917.

Note: A “Mata Hari” is a seductive, double-dealing woman.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Mata Hari 
stage name taken by Margaretha Gertruida Zelle (1876-1917), from Malay mata "eye" + hari "day, dawn."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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