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embusqué

/ French (ɑ̃byske) /

noun plural -qués (-ke)

a man who avoids military conscription by obtaining a government job

Words nearby embusqué

embryotoxicity, embryotoxon, embryotroph, embryotrophy, embus, embusqué, emcee, emden, eme, emea, emedullate

Word Origin for embusqué

C20: from embusquer to lie in ambush, shirk
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Examples from the Web for embusqué

  • 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

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

    War and the Future|H. G. Wells