maquis

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun a guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II
noun the French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II

Borrowed from French maquis, from Corsican machja (related to Italian macchia), ultimately from Latin macula. Doublet of macula.

This is not a Corsican maquis but an English garden; badly kept, I own, but still you must not calumniate it for that.” “Monsieur, I implore you do not stay there!” “I think you are going mad, Bertuccio,” said the count coldly. — The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

Maquisard

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