perdu
or per·due
hidden; concealed; obscured.
Obsolete. a soldier assigned to a very dangerous mission or position.
Origin of perdu
1Other definitions for Perdu (2 of 2)
Mont [mawn], /mɔ̃/, French name of Monte Perdido.
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How to use perdu in a sentence
I first read A la Recherche du Temps Perdus in the summer I turned 17, and I have to say, it scared the hell out of me.
D'effect, en deux endroits, aucuns de nos gens s'escrierent miserablement que nous estions trestous perdus.
Thus 4000 harquebuziers stepped out of the ranks as enfans perdus, at the call of Mons.
Armour in England | J. Starkie GardnerI should have just the moments perdus, don't you see, when you were doing nothing else, when you were wanted for nothing else.
The Marriage of Elinor | Margaret OliphantFor a little while he joined the crowd in the Salle des Pas Perdus, and wandered idly up and down the majestic colonnaded hall.
El Dorado | Baroness Orczy
Under cover of this friendly embankment, the Americans lay perdus, but not idle, during the greater portion of the battle.
The South-West | Joseph Holt Ingraham
British Dictionary definitions for perdu (1 of 2)
perdue
/ (ˈpɜːdjuː) /
obsolete (of a soldier) placed on hazardous sentry duty
obsolete (of a soldier) placed in a hazardous ambush
(of a person or thing) hidden or concealed
obsolete a soldier placed on hazardous sentry duty
obsolete a soldier placed in a hazardous ambush
Origin of perdu
1British Dictionary definitions for Perdu (2 of 2)
/ (pɛrdy) /
Mont Perdu the French name for (Monte) Perdido
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