embusqué

noun plural -qués (-ke)

a man who avoids military conscription by obtaining a government job

Word Origin

C20: from embusquer to lie in ambush, shirk

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Examples from the Web for embusqué

Historical Examples

We also disputed whether there was an equivalent in English for embusque.
War and the Future
H. G. Wells
I was asked quite a number of times for the English equivalent of an embusque.
War and the Future
H. G. Wells
Not some embusque business in an office, but a thing compared to which your fight at Loos was a Sunday-school picnic.
Greenmantle
John Buchan

embusqué

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for embusqué

Historical Examples

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

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

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