pieds noirs
- plural of pied noir.
Example Sentences
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Ménard comes from a family of pieds-noirs, French settlers in Algeria.
From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2016
The south's traditional conservatism was amplified by an influx of hundreds of thousands of "pieds-noirs", former French colonists who settled there after Algeria won independence in 1962 after a brutal war.
From Reuters • Jun. 7, 2012
As De Gaulle more and more spoke in terms of self-determination for Algeria and even of a cease-fire with the F.L.N., the pieds-noirs saw one more betrayal.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are the refugee European pieds-noirs from Algeria.
From Time Magazine Archive
As his first order of business, he is desperately trying not only to prevail on the remaining Europeans to stay in Algeria, but also to entice departed pieds-noirs back.
From Time Magazine Archive
