Definitions for Poitier
poiti·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Poitier, Sidney Poitiernoun

   United States film actor and director (born in 1927)

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1. Poitier

   Poitier is a surname.

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1. poitier

   Poitier is a surname of French origin. The most notable person with this surname is Sir Sidney Poitier, an American-Bahamian actor, film director, and ambassador. He was the first black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film "Lilies of the Field" in 1963," and was also the first black actor to be nominated for this prestigious award. The name Poitier may refer to him or anyone else with the same surname.

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1. POITIER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Poitier is ranked #41359 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Poitier surname appeared 526 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Poitier.
   
   90.3% or 475 total occurrences were Black.
   3.6% or 19 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   3.2% or 17 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.8% or 15 total occurrences were White.

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1. • Actor

How to pronounce Poitier?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Poitier in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Poitier in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Poitier in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Poitier in a Sentence

1. Dan Gainor:

   Media Research Center's easy to forget now, but Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier were among the first black actors who gained widespread acceptance, to many, he's still Alexander Scott from ‘ I Spy ’, Dr. Cliff Huxtable or the voice of Fat Albert. These charges will follow him to the grave, but that doesn't mean people won't watch him.

2. Danny Glover:

   All of us who have walked in the shadow of Sidney Poitier owe him so much, for over 80 years, Sidney and I laughed, cried and made as much mischief as we could. He was truly my brother and partner in trying to make this world a little better.He certainly made mine a whole lot better.

3. Dan Gainor:

   Bringing ‘ The Cosby Show ’ to Bounce might do well in the ratings, at least for a little while, but is The Cosby Show ' worth the loss of sponsors who ’ll flee the network because Bill Cosby don’t want Bill Cosby brand to be associated with a company that profits from the ‘ humor ’ of a serial rapist ? media Research Center's easy to forget now, but Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier were among the first black actors who gained widespread acceptance.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Poitier
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitier
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html