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‖ requeté Hist.|rekeˈte|
Also Requeté.
[Sp.]
A member of a Carlist militia that took the Nationalist side during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–39.
1936Times 26 Aug. 12/4 The troops engaged on the insurgent side have consisted of requetes, Navarrese volunteers almost to a man. 1938Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Aug. 558/3 The first, longer and better of the two stories..describes how a Carlist requeté in North Spain deserted his side to secure the reprieve of his father. 1944Wyndham Lewis Let. 5 Jan. (1963) 374, I was glad to learn from Augustus that he had exchanged his requeté uniform for that of the Home Guard. 1957P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble ii. 21 The Requeté movement drew its main strength from the Basque provinces, especially from Navarre. 1979D. Robinson Eldorado Network xvii. 129 The Requetés..were a sort of Basque militia... Fought for Franco. |