pied noir
noun
an Algerian-born French person.
pieds noirs
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pluralof pied noir.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The pieds noirs were left helpless, as were the Harkis, Algerian Muslims who had fought with the French Army.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2018
Toulon, like many southern cities, has a large population of pieds noirs, Europeans who lived in Algeria during French rule, many of whom returned to France after the country gained independence, in 1962.
From The New Yorker ● May 1, 2017
The French opinion polling organization Ifop estimates that the so-called pieds noirs and their descendants now number 3.2 million potential voters, or 7.3 percent of the French electorate.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2012
The harkis fared even worse than the pieds noirs.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2012
With that in mind, one of Yeltsin's advisers calls the Russians in the other republics "our pieds noirs," as French settlers in North Africa were known.
From Time Magazine Archive
