fellagha

English

Noun

fellagha (plural fellaghas or fellagha)

1. (historical) A guerrilla soldier fighting for independence in Algeria or Tunisia under French rule.
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 86:

     one French colonel, when told that a hundred armed fellagha had been spotted in the Aurès exclaimed contemptuously: ‘Monsieur le Préfet, I've been patrolling the roads for a very long time, and I've never yet seen a fellagha in front of my jeep!’

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛ.la.ɡa/, /fe.la.ɡa/

Noun

fellagha m (plural fellagha)

1. fellagha

Further reading

• “fellagha”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.