fellagha
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English
Noun
fellagha (plural fellaghas or fellagha)
- (historical) A guerrilla soldier fighting for independence in Algeria or Tunisia under French rule.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 86:
- one French colonel, when told that a hundred armed fellagha had been spotted in the Aurès exclaimed contemptuously: ‘Monsieur le Préfet, I've been patrolling the roads for a very long time, and I've never yet seen a fellagha in front of my jeep!’
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
fellagha m (plural fellagha)
Further reading
- “fellagha”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.