Maginot

[ mazh-uh-noh; French ma-zhee-noh ]
/ ˈmæʒ əˌnoʊ; French ma ʒiˈnoʊ /

noun

André,1877–1932, French minister of war 1929–32: backed construction of Maginot Line.

Example sentences from the Web for maginot

  • She was first married to Maginot, and afterwards to Jules Delaherche.

    A Zola Dictionary |J. G. Patterson

  • Hitler would never dare attack the Maginot Line, and eventually the war would just peter out.

    Dave Dawson at Dunkirk |Robert Sydney Bowen