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embusqué
/ ɑ̃byske /
noun
- a man who avoids military conscription by obtaining a government job
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Word History and Origins
Origin of embusqué1
C20: from embusquer to lie in ambush, shirk
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Example Sentences
Not some embusque business in an office, but a thing compared to which your fight at Loos was a Sunday-school picnic.
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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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