évolué

Borrowed from French évolué.

évolué (plural évolués)

1. A native African (especially in a European colony) who has been educated on European principles or who has adopted European attitudes etc.
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 40:

     With his clipped moustache, long, cultured features and neatly sober dress, Abbas was the essence of the westernised, middle-class Arab évolué – and so were the majority of his followers.

• IPA^(key): /e.vɔ.lɥe/
• Rhymes: -e

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évolué (feminine évoluée, masculine plural évolués, feminine plural évoluées)

1. past participle of évoluer
2. advanced, sophisticated, developed

évolué (feminine évoluée, masculine plural évolués, feminine plural évoluées)

1. advanced (of technique etc.)

   outils de recherche évolués ― advanced search tools

2. intelligent (of person), broad-minded

évolué m (plural évolués)

1. évolué

• “évolué”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.