1. Vichy - Noun
2. Vichy - Proper noun
Vichy
A town in the Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; the capital of Vichy France during World War II.
(historical, figuratively, metonymically) Vichy France; the Vichy French government.
Vichy
(colloquial) Short for Vichy water.
Vichy
(derogatory, attributive) Labelling a regime that is traitorous or established in cooperation with a foreign or hostile power, especially in administration of occupied territory.
There's something Vichy about the French. Ivor Novello
Now, if you are like me - if you are like practically anybody in America - then you probably hold some negative opinions about the French, based upon movies, rumors, recent headlines, unfortunate run-ins with Parisian waiters, or... you know... all that unpleasantness surrounding the Vichy regime. Elizabeth Gilbert
A Moscow loving grifter is on the loose in the White House. Shame on the Vichy Republicans who constantly enable him. Mike Murphy (political consultant)
The Vichy government was under occupation and carried out the orders of the German occupier. Jean-Marie Le Pen
After their defeat in the war, the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) gave weapons to the Vietnamese, and kept Vichy French officials and military officers imprisoned for a month after the surrender. Source: Internet
Although he received a largely positive reception from the crowds who came out to see him, he reflected that only a few months previously the very same people had come out to cheer Marshal Pétain when he was serving the Vichy regime. Source: Internet