poilus
- plural of poilu.
Example Sentences
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On the Rhine they stood with German officers in full view of poilus on the other side fishing, sawing wood, washing clothes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Leaving Cherbourg through a driving rain for their Paris Decennial, the legionaries were saluted by poilus stationed every ten feet for nearly two miles along the railway tracks.
From Time Magazine Archive
This was said to have made French poilus wonder why their corporals shouldn't wait on them with red wine.
From Time Magazine Archive
The spectacle of the franc at a fifth of its pre-War value is as pitiful a sight as the War-maimed poilus one encounters in the streets!
From Time Magazine Archive
For their part, the poilus must have heard rumors of an evacuation.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
