résistantn.²

Brit.

/reɪziːˈstɒ̃/, U.S.

/ˌreɪziˈstɑnt/

Forms: 1900s– résistant, 1900s– resistant.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French résistant.

Etymology: < French résistant, noun (1943 in specific sense), specific use of résistant resistant n.¹ Compare résistante n.Not fully naturalized in English. Compare resistant n.¹ Forms are listed at this entry if they show an acute accent or italicization (or both); it is possible that some of the examples given at resistant n.¹ 1 may also have shown a non-naturalized pronunciation.

Now historical.

A member of the French Resistance (see resistance n. 1b); (occasionally more generally) a person opposed to the German occupation of France.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > [noun] > organized covert opposition > member of > French

résistant1945

1945 N. Cunard in Horizon June 397 The concierge (mine is Mme Stum, a tremendous résistante with a grand, résistant husband, both Bretons).

1947 French Rev. 20 256 A tale wherein there remains no glamor to the war, nor scarcely even to the patriotism and sacrifice of the résistants.

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.

1996 Daily Tel. 29 Nov. 27/5 His father had been a distinguished publisher, a wartime resistant and a friend of Albert Camus.

2007 Daily Tel. 16 Mar. 29/3 A special unit of the Gestapo under Barbie broke into the house where Moulin and fellow résistants were holding a secret meeting.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	résistant
释义	résistantn.² Brit. /reɪziːˈstɒ̃/, U.S. /ˌreɪziˈstɑnt/ Forms: 1900s– résistant, 1900s– resistant. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French résistant. Etymology: < French résistant, noun (1943 in specific sense), specific use of résistant resistant n.¹ Compare résistante n.Not fully naturalized in English. Compare resistant n.¹ Forms are listed at this entry if they show an acute accent or italicization (or both); it is possible that some of the examples given at resistant n.¹ 1 may also have shown a non-naturalized pronunciation. Now historical. A member of the French Resistance (see resistance n. 1b); (occasionally more generally) a person opposed to the German occupation of France. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > [noun] > organized covert opposition > member of > French résistant1945 1945 N. Cunard in Horizon June 397 The concierge (mine is Mme Stum, a tremendous résistante with a grand, résistant husband, both Bretons). 1947 French Rev. 20 256 A tale wherein there remains no glamor to the war, nor scarcely even to the patriotism and sacrifice of the résistants. 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. 1996 Daily Tel. 29 Nov. 27/5 His father had been a distinguished publisher, a wartime resistant and a friend of Albert Camus. 2007 Daily Tel. 16 Mar. 29/3 A special unit of the Gestapo under Barbie broke into the house where Moulin and fellow résistants were holding a secret meeting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.²1945
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