embusquén.

/ˈɒmbuːskeɪ/

/ˈɒmbᵿuskeɪ/

Etymology: substantive use of past participle of French embusquer to ambush.

One who avoids military service (as by securing a post in a government office or the Civil Service). Also attributive and transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > skulking > skulker > one who avoids military service

askefisea1425

shun-field1675

bomb-proof1869

embusqué1916

1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle i. 4 Not some embusqué business in an office, but a thing compared to which your fight at Loos was a Sunday-school picnic.

1920 Blackwood's Mag. May 586/2 These particular embusqués, who made Egypt a byword during the War.

1925 R. Graves Welchman's Hose 51 Brave fellows, no embusqués in that class.

1926 Spectator 7 Aug. 207/2 The best scenes are those between the poor embusqué and his wife.

1932 ‘A. Bridge’ Peking Picnic v. 51 Perhaps the real use of the presence of Europeans in Peking was to afford shelter to embusqués Chinese.

1955 Times 21 May 9/4 A number of idle and ill-disposed embusqués, whose principal aim in life is to blight their husbands' military career.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	embusqué
释义	embusquén. /ˈɒmbuːskeɪ//ˈɒmbᵿuskeɪ/ Etymology: substantive use of past participle of French embusquer to ambush. One who avoids military service (as by securing a post in a government office or the Civil Service). Also attributive and transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > skulking > skulker > one who avoids military service askefisea1425 shun-field1675 bomb-proof1869 embusqué1916 1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle i. 4 Not some embusqué business in an office, but a thing compared to which your fight at Loos was a Sunday-school picnic. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. May 586/2 These particular embusqués, who made Egypt a byword during the War. 1925 R. Graves Welchman's Hose 51 Brave fellows, no embusqués in that class. 1926 Spectator 7 Aug. 207/2 The best scenes are those between the poor embusqué and his wife. 1932 ‘A. Bridge’ Peking Picnic v. 51 Perhaps the real use of the presence of Europeans in Peking was to afford shelter to embusqués Chinese. 1955 Times 21 May 9/4 A number of idle and ill-disposed embusqués, whose principal aim in life is to blight their husbands' military career. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1916
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