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Ma⋅gi⋅not

  [mazh-uh-noh; Fr. ma-zhee-noh]
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–noun
André, 1877–1932, French minister of war 1929–32: backed construction of Maginot Line.
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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).
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