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poilu
[ pwah-loo; French pwa-ly ]
/ ˈpwɑ lu; French pwaˈlü /
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noun, plural poi·lus [pwah-looz; French pwa-ly]. /ˈpwɑ luz; French pwaˈlü/.
a French common soldier.
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poilu
/ (ˈpwɑːluː, French pwaly) /
noun
an infantryman in the French Army, esp one in the front lines in World War I
Word Origin for poilu
C20: from French, literally: hairy (that is, virile), from poil hair, from Latin pilus a hair
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