embusqué
/ French (ɑ̃byske) /
nounplural -qués (-ke)
a man who avoids military conscription by obtaining a government job
Origin of embusqué
1C20: from embusquer to lie in ambush, shirk
Words Nearby embusqué
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How to use embusqué in a sentence
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
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