Usually means: French soldier, World War I.
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  1. poilu: Merriam-Webster
  2. poilu: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. poilu: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. poilu: Collins English Dictionary
  5. poilu: Vocabulary.com
  6. Poilu, poilu: Wordnik
  7. poilu: Wiktionary
  8. poilu: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. poilu: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. poilu: Dictionary.com
  11. Poilu: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. poilu: Rhymezone
  13. poilu: FreeDictionary.org
  14. poilu: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. poilu: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Bryological (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  (historical) A French infantryman during the First World War

Similar:
chicken purloo, purloo, imperial, pickelhaube, pouf, pilage, pouffe, buckskin, pilch, pelt, more...

Opposite:
glabrous, hairless, bald

Types:
poilu 1914, poilu 1915, poilu 1916, poilu 1917, poilu 1918, more...

Adjectives:
french, hairy, little, old, young, poor, single, common, average, real, heroic

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Similar:
chicken purloo, purloo, imperial, pickelhaube, pouf, pilage, pouffe, buckskin, pilch, pelt, more...

Opposite:
glabrous, hairless, bald

Types:
poilu 1914, poilu 1915, poilu 1916, poilu 1917, poilu 1918, more...

Adjectives:
french, hairy, little, old, young, poor, single, common, average, real, heroic



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