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   Ma·ta Ha·ri

   /ˌmädə ˈhärē/

   

   • 1. (1876–1917), Dutch dancer and secret agent; born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle. She probably worked for both French and German intelligence services before being executed by the French in 1917.

   noun

   • 1. a beautiful and seductive female spy: "a Mata Hari of world finance"

   Word Origin from Malay mata ‘eye’ and hari ‘day’, as a compound meaning ‘sun’.

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