MAQUIS


Meaning of MAQUIS in English

noun (plural ~) Etymology: French, from Italian macchie, plural of macchia thicket, sketch, spot Date: 1858 thick scrubby evergreen underbrush of Mediterranean shores, 2. often capitalized a guerrilla fighter in the French underground during World War II, a band of ~

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