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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
poilu /pwʌˈluː/

▶noun historical, informal an infantry soldier in the French army, especially one who fought in the First World War.

– origin Fr., lit. ‘hairy’, by extension ‘brave’.

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