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poilus

poilus is the plural of poilu.

Meaning of poilu

Noun

poilu (plural poilus)

  1. (historical) A French infantryman during the First World War

Questions about poilus

What is poilus the plural of?
Poilus is the plural of poilu.

Words near poilus in the dictionary

  1. poikilothymic
  2. poikilotopic
  3. poikylothermic
  4. Poilievre
  5. poilu
  6. poilus
  7. poimenics
  8. poinard
  9. poinards
  10. Poincaré
  11. Poincaré ball

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poilus (page history and authors); poilu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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