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Soldier at the Marne
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poilu
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Poilu (; ) is an informal term for a French World War I infantryman , meaning, literally, hairy one . It is still widely used as a term of endearment for the French infantry of World War I. The word carries the sense of the infantryman's typically rustic ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
French private soldier, 1914, from French poilu , literally "hairy," from poil "hair," not of the head, but of beards, animal coats, etc., from Latin pilus (see pile (n.3)). In 19c. French the adjective had a secondary sense of "strong, brave, courageous" ...
Usage examples of poilu.
She's the girl who was with the poilu at the Rat qui Danse the first night I was in Paris.
He was sad-eyed and plump, not at all the young poilu who'd gone off to fight the Reich in 1940 - not that she was a little girl any more, either.
He was sad-eyed and plump, not at all the young poilu who'd gone off to fight the Reich in 1940— not that she was a little girl any more, either.
There was one little hill where we'd have to get out and shove every damn time, the mud was so deep, and God, it stank there with the shells turning up the ground all full of mackabbies as the poilu call them…Say, Dook, have you got any money?