maquisard

[ mak-ee-zahrd; French ma-kee-zar ]

noun

, plural ma·qui·sards [mak-ee-, zahrdz, m, a, -kee-, zar].

1. maquis ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of maquisard¹

From French; maquis, -ard

Example Sentences

A child might well wonder: What is “the Vichy government”? The difference between “internment” and “concentration camps”? A “maquisard”? A glossary supplies some answers, but that’s not where they belong.

From New York Times

“Of course, it was impossible for him to accept” such an assignment, she said, and he became a maquisard, as rural anti-Nazi resistance fighters were known.

From New York Times

But like it or not, he is the ultimate maquisard: blazing the most distinctly moderate, pro-business, reformist trail in a party in which all of those epithets are in question.

From Economist

“Maquisard,” created by New York University students, invites players to be a nosy lobby boy at the Grand Budapest Hotel and solve a mystery.

From New York Times

If you love the dreamy nostalgia and Easter egg color palettes of Wes Anderson films, Maquisard, a video game created by students at New York University's Game Center, will make your twee heart soar.

From The Verge