embusqué

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See also: embusque

English

Etymology

From French embusqué.

Noun

embusqué (plural embusqués)

  1. One who avoids military service; a draft dodger.
    • 1917, The New York Times Current History of the European War:
      A woman was recently fined for calling a policeman an embusqué, even in the heat of argument.

French

Pronunciation

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Participle

embusqué (feminine embusquée, masculine plural embusqués, feminine plural embusquées)

  1. past participle of embusquer

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