embusqué
noun plural -qués (-ke)
a man who avoids military conscription by obtaining a government job
Word Origin for embusqué
C20: from embusquer to lie in ambush, shirk
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Historical Examples of embusqué
We also disputed whether there was an equivalent in English for embusque.
War and the FutureH. G. Wells
I was asked quite a number of times for the English equivalent of an embusque.
War and the FutureH. G. Wells
Not some embusque business in an office, but a thing compared to which your fight at Loos was a Sunday-school picnic.
GreenmantleJohn Buchan