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Ma·gi·not· line (maz̸h′ə nō′)

a system of heavy fortifications built before WWII on the E frontier of France: it failed to prevent invasion by the Nazi armies

Etymology: after A. Maginot (1877-1932), Fr minister of war

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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