‖ résistant
(resistɑ̃)
Also fem. résistante.
[Fr.]
A member of the French Resistance (see resistance 1 c).
| 1966 M. R. D. Foot SOE in France vii. 175 Mathilde Carré..proclaimed herself already an ardent résistante. 1967 Listener 16 Mar. 370/3 Pierre d'Harcourt was twenty-six when, after Dunkirk, he shed his cavalry uniform to become a pioneer résistant. Maybe the cavalry discipline helped to restrain his impetuosity. 1978 Dædalus Fall 29 Everyone in France was a ‘résistant’. |