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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. United States film actor and director (born in 1927)
    - Sidney Poitier

Type of: actor, histrion, pitched battle, player, role player, thespian

Encyclopedia: Poitiers, Vienne

Poitier, Sidney