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embusqué

/ ɑ̃byske /

noun

  1. a man who avoids military conscription by obtaining a government job


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Word History and Origins

Origin of embusqué1

C20: from embusquer to lie in ambush, shirk

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Example Sentences

Not some embusque business in an office, but a thing compared to which your fight at Loos was a Sunday-school picnic.

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

I was asked quite a number of times for the English equivalent of an embusque.

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