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Vichyite

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[vish-ee-ahyt, vee-shee-] / ˈvɪʃ iˌaɪt, ˈvi ʃi- /

noun

  1. a member or adherent of the government established 1940 at Vichy by Marshal Henri Pétain.


Etymology

Origin of Vichyite

Vichy + -ite 1

Example Sentences

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In the past he supported the Franco regime, backed Marshal Henri P�tain helped Vichyite Marcel Peyrouton.

From Time Magazine Archive

Set in Southern France during the summer of 1944, The Victors treats of a few captured members of the Resistance and of their Vichyite captors.

From Time Magazine Archive

In shrill Martinique accents they sang the Marseillaise, cheered the new High Commissioner sent by the French Committee of Liberation, Henri-Etienne Hoppenot, and cursed the departing ruler, Vichyite Admiral Georges Robert.

From Time Magazine Archive

Throughout the Occupation he stayed in France, published The Myth of Liberty, an attack on the democracies, and won French citizenship from Vichyite Marshal Henri P�tain.

From Time Magazine Archive

Coulet promptly fired the incumbent Vichyite subprefect, whom the British had instructed to stay on the job, and replaced him with a Resistance fighter.

From Time Magazine Archive

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