POILU


Meaning of POILU in English

/pwah"looh/ ; Fr. /pwann lyuu"/ , n. , pl. poilus /-loohz/ ; Fr. /-lyuu"/ .

a French common soldier.

[ 1910-15; pelu (cf. PLEW) pilutus, equiv. to L pil ( us ) hair + VL * -utus, for L -atus -ATE 1 ( e > oi by influence of poil hair pilus ) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .