n.
Pronunciation: pwäl- ' yü, pwä- ' lü; ' pwäl- ˌ yü, ' pwä- ˌ lü; pwä- ' l
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from poilu hairy, from Middle French, from poil hair, from Old French peil , Latin pilus
Date: 1914
: a French soldier especially : a front-line soldier in World War I