Ma·gi·not  (māzh'ə-nō', māj'-, mä-zhē-nō')  French politician who as minister of war (1922-1924 and 1929-1932) proposed a line of fortification, called the Maginot Line, along France's border with Germany. Thought to be impregnable, the line was bypassed and later captured by the Germans (1940). |