maquisard

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French maquisard.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /makiːˈzɑː(d)/

Noun

maquisard (plural maquisards)

1. (historical) A member of a resistance or guerrilla movement, originally and chiefly that of the French during the German occupation of 1940-5. [from 1940s]
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 103:

     The revolt touched bottom, reduced to little more than 350 active maquisards.

French

Etymology

From maquis +‎ -ard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ki.zaʁ/

Noun

maquisard m (plural maquisards)

1. (historical) maquisard (member of a resistance or guerrilla movement)

Further reading

• “maquisard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French maquisard.

Noun

maquisard m (plural maquisarzi)

1. maquisard

Declension

Declension of maquisard

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) maquisard	maquisardul	(niște) maquisarzi	maquisarzii
genitive/dative	(unui) maquisard	maquisardului	(unor) maquisarzi	maquisarzilor
vocative	maquisardule		maquisarzilor