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évolué

évolué noun: a native African (especially in a European colony) who has been educated on European principles or who has adopted European attitudes etc.

Noun

évolué (plural évolués)

  1. A native African (especially in a European colony) who has been educated on European principles or who has adopted European attitudes etc.
    • With his clipped moustache, long, cultured features and neatly sober dress, Abbas was the essence of the westernised, middle-class Arab évolué – and so were the majority of his followers.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 40

Forms of évolué

pluralévolués

Origin of évolué

Borrowed from French évolué.

Questions about évolué

What does évolué mean?
Évolué means a native African (especially in a European colony) who has been educated on European principles or who has adopted European attitudes etc.
What part of speech is évolué?
Évolué is a noun.
What is the plural of évolué?
The plural of évolué is évolués.

Words near évolué in the dictionary

  1. étui
  2. étuis
  3. Évian
  4. Évian-les-Bains
  5. Évires
  6. évolué
  7. évolués
  8. Évora
  9. Évreux
  10. Éy7á7juuthem
  11. ë

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