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Definition of Free french
1. Noun. A French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic.
Category relationships: Second World War, World War 2, World War Ii
Generic synonyms: Front, Movement, Social Movement
Lexicographical Neighbors of Free French
Literary usage of Free french
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"There were also very large free french forces in north Africa—men the US had
equipped and supplied. They could be expected to make their best fight for ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1859)
"... of every subsisting focos s : free French thought, the gradual assimilation
of the whole French-speaking race to the pattern of Napoleonic despotism. ..."
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