Definition: Meaning of, Joan of Arc in English to English dictionary.
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(1412-31) the PATRON SAINT of France. As a young girl, she believed that she heard holy voices telling her to fight the English and force their army to leave France. Dressed as a man, she led a French army which defeated the English at Orléans, and became known as the ' Maid of Orléans '. Later she was made a prisoner, and a court found her guilty of being a WITCH (= a woman with evil magic powers), and she was punished by being burned to death.