Word: maquisard
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ma
qui
sard
Definition: A member of a resistance or guerrilla movement, originally and chiefly that of the French during the German occupation of 1940-5.
Morphemes:
Affix: maquisard
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A member of a resistance or guerrilla movement, originally and chiefly that of the French during the German occupation of 1940-5.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: maquis
Language: fr
Decoded: maquis
PoS: Noun
Meaning: resistance, underground (movement during World War II)
Affix: -ard
Language: fr
Decoded: -ard
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used primarily to form pejoratives, diminutives, and nouns representing or belonging to a particular class or sort.