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 2006, p. 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.

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

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

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

1. advanced (of technique etc.)
2. intelligent (of person), broad-minded

évolué m (plural évolués)

1. évolué

• “évolué” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).