ambushern.
/ˈambʊʃə/, U.S. /ˈæmbʊʃər/ A person who lies in ambush, or who habitually uses ambush as a strategy. Also figurative.
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1606 T. Dekker Double PP sig. C A Papist Saliant,—or the Ambusher.
1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. i. 18 The ambushers having retired themselves upon the advertisement of Thomas Trivet and Nicholas Bambre their leaders.
1755 State of Brit. & French Colonies in N. Amer. v. 76 Mr. Colden..would be of great use in discovering and defeating the ambushers of the French Indians.
1848 G. Dennis Cities & Cemeteries Etruria II. lvii. 456 He was suddenly attacked on every side by Hannibal's main force in front, and by the cavalry and other ambushers in the rear.
1899 Indianian Dec. 400/1 The fire was promptly returned, when the ambushers fled to the hills.
1920 Glasgow Herald 20 Nov. 7 The ambushers..were all dressed in khaki.
1975 K. Tynan Diary 17 Feb. (2001) 229 Felled by flu—my hoodlum ambusher, who always chooses low moments to step out of the shadows and zap me.
2003 S.W.A.T. May 38/3 The danger of any ambush with ambushers on both sides of a trail..is that cross fire will hit friendlies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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