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Definition of Maquis
1. Noun. A guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II.
2. Noun. The French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II.
Definition of Maquis
1. Noun. Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) the French resistance movement during World War II ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maquis
1. a thick underbrush [n MAQUIS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maquis
Literary usage of Maquis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rambles on the Riviera by Eduard Strasburger (1906)
"395) is so abundant in this portion of the maquis that whole tracts are covered
with it. ... They have destroyed the maquis bushes and replaced them by ..."
2. Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica by Edward Lear (1870)
"... its Hotel and Surrounding Scenery—Road through Cork Woods and Thick Vegetation ;
Tracks of "maquis"—Gulfs of Pinarello and Tower of ..."
3. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"maquis. Physiognomy. Systematic composition. Characteristic plants. 3.
Sclerophyllous Woodland in Cape Colony. Low bushes. Rarity of trees. ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"maquis are dense evergreen scrub ; phrygana, ami dry prickly shrubs thinly ...
Hen when forests are destroyed, bare rocky slopes are exposed, unless maquis ..."
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