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maquis
[ mah-kee, ma-; French ma-kee ]
noun
- the French underground movement, or Resistance, that combatted the Nazis in World War II.
- Also called maquisard. a member of this movement.
maquis
/ mɑːˈkiː /
noun
- shrubby mostly evergreen vegetation found in coastal regions of the Mediterranean: includes myrtles, heaths, arbutus, cork oak, and ilex
- often capital
- the French underground movement that fought against the German occupying forces in World War II
- a member of this movement
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Word History and Origins
Origin of maquis1
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Example Sentences
Your fine cloth frock-coat would be in tatters in two days, if you wore it in the maquis.
We shall meet again in the maquis, some day, perhaps, and then we'll continue our study of Virgil.
Startled by the firing, a horse which had been wandering through the maquis, was really coming close up to them.
I had a guide with me, for fear I should lose my way in the maquis.
Rand leaned over and spat into the brass cuspidor, a gesture of braggadocio he had picked up among the French maquis.
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