a modern-day Joan of Arc

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• modern-day — adj [only before noun] existing in the present time used when comparing someone or something to a person or thing in the past = ↑present day, contemporary ↑contemporary ▪ She s a modern day Joan of Arc. ▪ The modern day diet has too little fiber… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• modern-day — adjective (only before noun) existing in the present time, but considered in relation to someone or something else in the past: She s a modern day Joan of Arc. | The modern day diet has too little fiber in it …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Joan of Arc — For other uses, see Joan of Arc (disambiguation). Jeanne d Arc redirects here. For other uses, see Jeanne d Arc (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• Name of Joan of Arc — Joan of Arc dictated her letters. Three of the surviving ones are signed. Joan of Arc did not come from a place called Arc, but was born and raised in the village of Domrémy in what was then the northeastern frontier of France. In the English… …   Wikipedia

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