Crossword clues for maquis
maquis
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Maquis \Maquis\ prop. n.
A guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II.
The French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1858, from French maquis "undergrowth, shrub," especially in reference to the dense scrub of certain Mediterranean coastal regions, long the haunts of outlaws and fugitives, from Corsican Italian macchia "spot," from Latin macula "spot, stain;" the landscapes so called from their mottled appearance. Used figuratively of French resistance in World War II (1943). A member is a maquisard.
Wiktionary
n. Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub. (from 19th c.)
Wikipedia
Maquis may refer to:
- Maquis (biota) or macchia, a biome in the Mediterranean region
- Maquis (pigeon), a pigeon who received the Dickin Medal for service during the Second World War
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Maquis (Star Trek), anti-Cardassian resistance movement in the fictional Star Trek universe
- "The Maquis" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode), episode that introduced the group
- Maquis (World War II), predominantly rural guerrilla bands of the French Resistance
- Spanish Maquis, guerrillas who resisted the Francisco Franco regime in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War
- Maqui or Aristotelia chilensis, a bush in southern Chile
In the American Star Trek science fiction franchise, the Maquis are a 24th-century paramilitary organization/ terrorist group (like the Spanish Maquis) first introduced in the 1994 episode " The Maquis" of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, who subsequently also appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager.
The Maquis were rural guerrilla bands of French Resistance fighters, called maquisards, during the Occupation of France in World War II. Initially, they were composed of men who had escaped into the mountains to avoid conscription into Vichy France's Service du travail obligatoire (STO) to provide forced labor for Germany. To avert capture and deportation to Germany, they became increasingly organized into non-active resistance groups.
Maquis was a pigeon who received the Dickin Medal in 1945 from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service during the Second World War.
Usage examples of "maquis".
The track to Agios Georgios wound its way between high banks of maquis, the scented maquis of Greece.
Dickmann authorized large-scale ratissages looting of French towns under the pretext of searching for Maquis suspects, but in reality looking for gold.
The Paris Commune did it, as well as such partisans as the Titoists in Yugoslavia, the Maquis in France, and, before them, the Max-Hoelz Brigade in Weimar Germany.
DS9, we devised a security protocol to keep our runabouts out of Maquis hands.
My family was killed at Amniphon, and I have come to the Demilitarized Zone in order to join the Maquis.
Considering our location, it is conceivable that the Maquis have either stolen or purchased a Pakled freighter for the purpose of running arms into the Demilitarized Zone.
Paris recalled that Harry was the only individual present at this little beach party who had never served among the Maquis.
Soon after, he received a Starfleet notification that Ro had gone AWOL and was believed to be cooperating with the Maquis, who had recently taken a more militant stand in the Demilitarized Zone.
They first showed up in the Demilitarized Zone a few years back, trying to convince the Maquis to accept their help.
We have reason to believe that you are running illicit weapons to the Maquis.
He was a Maquis, after all, and they seemed to have a preference for being in the thick of things.
If Turrel really has a lot of Cardassian vessels combing the region right now, then finding the trail of a single Maquis ship will be hard enough as it is without adding any additional warp signature noise.
He doubted she possessed the expertise to follow a fading Maquis warp trail on her own, no matter what information Turrel might have shared with her.
Winn consoled herself with the idea that the Prophets had no doubt foreordained Turrel’s messy involvement in the Orb’s recovery, just as they had predetermined the unfortunate death of Bareil during the recent treaty negotiations—and those of the Bajorans whom Turrel had slaughtered in the Maquis base.
Not all Frenchmen were willing to be stepped on by the German boot, The Maquis, the French underround resistance, fought cleverly and hard and when caught were put to death in ingenious ways.