单词 | maquisard |
释义 | maquisardn. A member of the maquis (maquis n. 2) in France during the German occupation of 1940–5. Also more generally: a member of any resistance or guerrilla movement likened to the French maquis. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > guerrilla > [noun] > specific jay-hawker1860 bushwhacker1862 comitadji1903 chetnik1909 partisan1917 shifta1920 fellagha1922 maquisard1944 mujahidin1947 Tupamaro1969 terr1976 1944 Times 24 Apr. 5/7 Often enough the maquisards have had to fight against heavy odds... Today..the situation is better. Arms are reaching the maquis in growing volume. 1945 G. Millar Maquis v. 85 The grey-headed Maquisard, a local railway worker in peace-time. 1959 Economist 3 Jan. 23/2 He has always insisted that, except for a tiresome band of maquisards in the eastern extremity of the island [sc. Cuba], everything was under control. 1963 N. Freeling Gun before Butter ii. 103 During the war presumably, he had got acquainted with the border. Maquisard formation, doubtless. 1967 ‘E. Peters’ Black is Colour viii. 152 The moustache that would have done credit to a Corsican maquisard. 1973 Times 18 Jan. 19/6 The German onslaught..was disastrous to the maquisards who stayed and fought. 1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Aug. 38/2 The turning point for the tiny group of Khmer Rouge maquisards came..when Sihanouk..was overthrown. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1944 |
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