Definition of Poitier

1. Noun. United States film actor and director (born in 1927).

Exact synonyms: Sidney Poitier
Generic synonyms: Actor, Histrion, Player, Role Player, Thespian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poitier

Poindexters
Poirier's gland
Poirier's line
Poiseuille's law
Poiseuille's space
Poiseuille's viscosity coefficient
Poisson
Poisson's ratio
Poisson-Pearson formula
Poisson distribution
Poisson distributions
Poisson process
Poisson processes
Poissonian
Poissons
Poitier
Poitiers
Poitou
Poitou-Charentes
Poitou colic
Poivrade
Pokomo
Pokédollar
Pokédollars
Pokéfan
Pokéfans
Pokémaniac
Pokémaniacs
Polack

Literary usage of Poitier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Collection of the Most Remarkable and Interesting Trials: Particularly of by SnaggR (1776)
"Have you any entry there relating-to Jane poitier ? Brown. Yes ; here is " Born June Sth^ i 736, and baptized the nth, Jane Henrietta poitier, ..."

2. Jean Baptiste Le Moyne: Sieur de Bienville by Grace Elizabeth King (1892)
"As heretofore, in regard to the money I had in my hands belonging to the heirs of poitier, here inclosed, I have remitted it all into the hands of the Sieur ..."

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