单词 | pied noir |
释义 | pied noirn. In France: a person of European origin living in Algeria during the period of French rule, esp. a French person repatriated after Algeria was granted independence in 1962. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of Algeria > [noun] > of French origin pied noir1961 1961 Times 6 May 9/6 They are the pieds noirs, fiercely proud of this pejorative nickname given them by the metropolitan French. 1977 Time 21 Nov. 12/1 Unlike the white settlers of Rhodesia or the French pieds-noirs of Algeria, the Afrikaners have no ties to a European motherland. 2004 Times (Nexis) 8 Apr. (Times2 section) 3 The war of liberation from France, which broke out 50 years ago this November and lasted until 1962 when a million pieds noirs were forced to leave. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1961 |
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