Associations to the word «Maquis»

Wiktionary

MAQUIS, noun. Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub. [from 19th c.]
MAQUIS, noun. The French resistance movement during World War II, or other similar movements elsewhere. [from 1940s]

Dictionary definition

MAQUIS, noun. A guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II.
MAQUIS, noun. The French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II.

Wise words

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus