embusqué

/ French (ɑ̃byske) /


nounplural -qués (-ke)
  1. a man who avoids military conscription by obtaining a government job

Origin of embusqué

1
C20: 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 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