maquis, n.m. V. makis.
marabout, n.m., marabout (priest); ill-favored man, big-bellied copper kettle; (orni.) marabou-stork feathers; a kind of ribbon.
maraîcher, n.m., market-gardener.
marais, n.m., marsh, feu, bog, swamp, morass; low-lying market-garden ground (Paris). Dessécher un —; to drain a marsh. — salant; salt-marsh. Chasse au —; moor-shooting.
marasca, n.m., (hort.) sour cherry.
marasme, n.m., (med.) marasmus, consumption, atrophy, emaciation.
marasquin, n.m., maraschino.
marâtre, n.f., step-mother; unkind, harsh mother.
maraud, n.m., -e, n.f., scoundrel, rascal, knave; slut, jade.
maraudage, n.m., marauding, freebooting.