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Look up: maquis

  1. Maquis
    [n] - a guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II 2. [n] - the French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Maquis
    Name given to groups of the French Resistance (after a type of foliage in Corsica, behind which resistance fighters on the island used to hide)
    Found on http://www.secondworldwar.co.uk/glossm.h

  3. Maquis
    French resistance movement that fought against the German occupation during World War II. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. Maquis
    French resistance groups, named after a type of Corsican brushwood used for cover
    Found on http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/misc/foreign.

  5. Maquis
    noun the French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Maquis
    Maquisard noun a guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. maquis
    (from the article `resistance`) ...the Resistance (Conseil National de la Résistance) was established as the central organ of coordination among all French groups. Early the ... ...participation in the anti-German struggle. It was further reinforced by the German decision to conscript French workers; many draftees took to the ......
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/31

  8. maquis
    a scrubland vegetation of the Mediterranean region, composed primarily of leathery, broad-leaved evergreen shrubs or small trees. Garigue, or ... [6 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/31

  9. maquis
    maquis (mäkē') : see guerrilla warfare.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0

  10. maquis
    General term for a largely evergreen type of vegetation common in many Mediterranean countries, consisting of scrub woodland with many low-growing tangled bushes and shrubs, typically including species of broom, gorse, and heather
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  11. Maquis
    French resistance movement that fought against the German occupation during World War II
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  12. Maquis
    `Maquis` or `macchia` is a type of high ground in Corsica covered in thick vegetation, where privateers used to hide. The name has been adopted by a variety of guerilla movements in francophone countries. `Maquis` may also refer to: Geography: Guerrillas: Fiction:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquis

  13. Maquis
    (Star Trek) In the American Star Trek mɑːˈkiː-->) are a 24th Century paramilitary organization or terrorism|terrorist group first introduced in the 1994 episode "The Maquis" of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, who subsequently also appeare...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquis



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