Maginot

[mazh-uh-noh, ma-zhee-noh]

noun

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

Example Sentences

The eyeball monster was among the captive cargo on a research vessel, the Maginot, commissioned by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, the “Alien” franchise’s main corporate villain.

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Morrow was the chief security officer on the Maginot, the Weyland-Yutani deep space research vessel that crash-lands in Prodigy territory and carries several lethal extraterrestrial species.

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An inside look at the Maginot spacecraft in FX’s “Alien: Earth.”

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Naming the ship Maginot, after a famously failed French defense in World War I, is clearly a little joke for history buffs, and also apt.

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It wouldn’t be an “Alien” story if the xenomorph didn’t escape, along with the other organisms the Maginot was transporting.

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