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Noun: Poitiers  pwaa'tyey
  1. The battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French
    - battle of Poitiers
Noun: Poitier
  1. Pioneering African-American film actor and director (1927-2022)
    "Sidney Poitier was the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor";
    - Sidney Poitier

Type of: actor, histrion [archaic], pitched battle, player, role player, thesp [Brit, informal], thespian

Encyclopedia: Poitiers, Vienne

Poitier, Sidney