MAQUIS


Meaning of MAQUIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ma-ˈkē, mä- ]

noun

( plural ma·quis -ˈkē(z))

Etymology: French, from Italian macchie, plural of macchia thicket, sketch, spot

Date: 1858

1. : thick scrubby evergreen underbrush of Mediterranean shores ; also : an area of such underbrush

2. often capitalized

a. : a guerrilla fighter in the French underground during World War II

b. : a band of maquis

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.