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Showing words for POILU using the English dictionary

5 Letter Words for Poilu

poilu

4 Letter Words for Poilu

loup, poil, puli

3 Letter Words for Poilu

ilo, iou, ipl, ipo, lip, lop, luo, oil, olp, oui, oup, pil, piu, pli, plu, poi, pol, pul, upo

Definitions for Poilu

[1] a French common soldier.
[2] an infantryman in the French Army, esp one in the front lines in World War I

Words nearby Poilu

poikilotherm, poikilothermia, poikilothermic, poikilothermism, poil, poilu, poimenics, poincaré, poincaré conjecture, poinciana, poind

Origin of Poilu

1910–15; < French, in earlier slang: tough individual, tough, brave, literally, hairy, haired; Middle French, Old French pelu (cf. plew) < Vulgar Latin *pilūtus, equivalent to Latin pil(us ) hair + Vulgar Latin *-ūtus, for Latin -ātus -ate1 (e > oi by influence of poil hair < Latin pilus )

Word origin for Poilu

C20: from French, literally: hairy (that is, virile), from poil hair, from Latin pilus a hair