Joan of Arc

English thumb|Joan of Arc riding in front of Orléans Etymology Appellativisation of Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc), the name of a 15th century French folk heroine revered as a martyr. Further etymology The name itself is a en fr Jeanne d'Arc 1. According to surviving signatures, her en fro - given name was fro Jehanne, feminine form of fro Jehan (cognate in English to en John). In the English language, her first name has been repeated as Joan since the fifteenth century because that was the only English equivalent for the feminine form of en John during her lifetime, en Jane not being attested until later. She did not come from a place called Arc; d'Arc was attributed because of her father's surname, which was most likely fro Darc. Apostrophes were never used in fifteenth-century French surnames, which sometimes leads to confusion when analyzing such names. See Wikipedia (Name of Joan of Arc) for more. Noun Joans of Arc s en figuratively A brave, visionary, or martial woman. 27 January 1966 Charles Poore Books of The Times: General de Gaulle Is Wired for History https://www.nytimes.com/1966/01/27/archives/books-of-the-times-general-de-gaulle-is-wired-for-history.html At the heart of the matter lies a simple truth. It is that Joans of Arc, to fulfill the most shining symmetries of their destinies, should not grow interminably old. The fiery leader of the Fighting French in 1940 looks a trifle better, in perspective, than the recent candidate for re-election who lunged down from his pedestal to wrestle for votes. en 2013 w:Arcade Fire Joan of Arc w:Reflektor And they're the ones that put you down/ 'Cause they got no heart / But I'm the one that will follow you / You're my Joan of Arc en 2020 Lesli K. Pace; Sean Patrick O'Rourke Lindsay Harroff From Sitting In to Sitting Out: Gloria Richardson and the 1963 Cambridge Movement Like Wildfire: The Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Sit-Ins https://www.google.com/books/edition/Like_Wildfire/h6DgDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22modern+joan+of+arc%22&pg=PA204 204 Volatile yet stubborn, self-interested yet a modern Joan of Arc—criticisms of Richardson were as contradictory as they claimed her to be. en 2021 Steve Giblin; Jon Land Walking in Mud: A Navy SEAL’s 10 Rules for Surviving the New Normal https://www.google.com/books/edition/Walking_in_Mud/EylAEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Joan+of+Arcs+of+today%22&pg=PT106 unnumbered Digressing a bit, the mission statement of this chapter is to illustrate the example set for all of us by the Joan of Arcs of today—women who serve in Special Operations in particular, and the military in general Related terms en Joan of Arcian Further reading en eponyms en People Female people