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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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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 Buchan

  • 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
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