fellagha

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noun

A guerrilla soldier fighting for independence in Algeria or Tunisia under French rule.

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nounfellagha (plural fellaghas or fellagha)

plural fellaghas

  1. historicalA guerrilla soldier fighting for independence in Algeria or Tunisia under French rule.

    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!’

    1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 86
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fellagha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fellagha

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“fellagha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fellagha. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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