maquisard

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maquisard

/makiːˈzɑː(d)/ UK

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Borrowed from French maquisard.

noun maquisards

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.

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"maquisard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/maquisard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{maquisard_2026,
  title = {maquisard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/maquisard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}