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maquisards

maquisards is the plural of maquisard.

Meaning of maquisard

Noun

maquisard (plural maquisards)

  1. (historical) A member of a resistance or guerrilla movement, originally and chiefly that of the French during the German occupation of 1940-5.
    • 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

Questions about maquisards

What is maquisards the plural of?
Maquisards is the plural of maquisard.

Words near maquisards in the dictionary

  1. Maquiritari
  2. Maquiritaris
  3. maquiroside
  4. maquis
  5. maquisard
  6. maquisards
  7. Maquoketa
  8. Maqên
  9. mar
  10. Mar Chiquita
  11. Mar del Plata

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