embusqué

/ ɑ̃byske /

noun

1. a man who avoids military conscription by obtaining a government job

Word History and Origins

Origin of embusqué¹

C20: from embusquer to lie in ambush, shirk

Example Sentences

Not some embusque business in an office, but a thing compared to which your fight at Loos was a Sunday-school picnic.

From Project Gutenberg

We also disputed whether there was an equivalent in English for embusque.

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I was asked quite a number of times for the English equivalent of an embusque.

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