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MAQUISARD
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• MAQUISARD (noun)
The noun MAQUISARD has 1 sense:
1. a guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II
Familiarity information: MAQUISARD used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Maquis; Maquisard
Hypernyms ("Maquisard" is a kind of...):
guerilla; guerrilla; insurgent; irregular (a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment)
Holonyms ("Maquisard" is a member of...):
Maquis (the French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II)
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