maquisard
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French maquisard.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
maquisard (plural maquisards)
- A member of a resistance or guerrilla movement, originally and chiefly that of the French during the German occupation of 1940-5. [from 1940s]
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 103:
- The revolt touched bottom, reduced to little more than 350 active maquisards.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 103:
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ma.ki.zaʁ/
Noun [edit]
maquisard m (plural maquisards)
