malgré-nous

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mal.ɡʁe.nu/

Noun

malgré-nous m (plural malgré-nous)

  1. Somebody forced into military service.
  2. (historical) Soldiers from Alsace and Lorraine forced into German military service during WWI and WWII.
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