embusqué
/ French (ɑ̃byske) /
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noun plural -qués (-ke)
a man who avoids military conscription by obtaining a government job
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Word Origin for embusqué
C20: from embusquer to lie in ambush, shirk
Words nearby embusqué
embryo transfer, embryotroph, embryotrophy, embryo vitrification, embus, embusqué, emcee, em dash, Emden, eme, EMEA
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Example sentences from the Web for embusqué
Not some embusque business in an office, but a thing compared to which your fight at Loos was a Sunday-school picnic.
Greenmantle|John BuchanWe also disputed whether there was an equivalent in English for embusque.
War and the Future|H. G. WellsI was asked quite a number of times for the English equivalent of an embusque.
War and the Future|H. G. Wells