(late 12c. as a surname), from Old French pie (13c.), from Latin pica magpie (see magpie). In 16c., a wily pie was a cunning person.. also pi, printers' slang for a mass of type jumbled together (also pi, pye), 1650s, perhaps from pie (n.1) on notion of a medley, or pie (n.2); cf. pica (n.1). As a verb from 1870. Related: Pied.
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Word Origin and History for pied Expand. adj. late 14c., as if it were the past participle of a verb form of Middle English noun pie magpie (see pie (n.2)), in reference to the bird's black and white plumage. Earliest use is in reference to the pyed freres, an order of friars who wore black and white.
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Après avoir salué le matin avec une prière pied-noir, il a commencé la cérémonie avec les membres de l'équipe, marquant les points cardinaux et le centre du chantier avec une branche et remerciant le soleil à chaque fois.
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Je suis fier de représenter la circonscription qui porte le nom d'un grand chef pied-noir, Crowfoot. La bande des Pieds-Noirs n'habite plus dans ma circonscription mais son chef actuel, Striker Crowfoot, est un descendant direct du chef Crowfoot.
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The Pied-Noir relationship with France and Algeria was marked by alienation. The settlers considered themselves French, but many of the Pieds-Noirs had a tenuous connection to mainland France, which 28 percent of them had never visited.
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Pied-Noir ( French pronunciation : ​ [ pjenwaʁ ] , Black-Foot ) , plural Pieds-Noirs , is a term referring to Christian and Jewish people whose families had migrated from all parts of the Mediterranean to French Algeria , the French protectorate in Morocco , or the French protectorate of Tunisia , where many had lived for several generations , and ...
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On the right of the wall was the yard of a pork butcher; on the left, the inn yard of the pied de Mouton. He wanted to go out and get pied; but when I told him about his boy, he begun to cry. You know the pied Piper had his tune, she said; the rats had to follow it.
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More specifically, the term pied-noir is used for those of European ancestry who returned to mainland France as soon as Algeria gained independence, or in the months following.
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I am proud to represent this riding which is named after the great Blackfoot chief, Crowfoot. Although the Blackfoot band is no longer in my riding, its present chief, Striker Crowfoot, is a direct descendant of Chief Crowfoot.
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The actual origin of the term pied-noir is unknown and therefore debated. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it refers to a person of European origin living in Algeria during the period of French rule, especially a French person expatriated after Algeria was granted independence in 1962..
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pied noir definition
A pied-noir is defined as a person of European origin living in Algeria during the period of French rule. Pied Noir is a person of European origin living in Algeria during the period of French rule, especially a French person expatriated after Algeria was granted independence in 1962.