Meanings
nounmaquisard (plural maquisards)
plural maquisards
- historicalA member of a resistance or guerrilla movement, originally and chiefly that of the French during the German occupation of 1940-5.First known use 1940s
The revolt touched bottom, reduced to little more than 350 active maquisards.
1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 103
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II
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Origin
- Frenchmaquisard
- Englishmaquisard
Borrowed from French maquisard.
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