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Definition of Perdu
1. n. One placed on watch, or in ambush.
2. a. Lost to view; in concealment or ambush; close.
Definition of Perdu
1. Adjective. Hidden. ¹
2. Adjective. Lost (from a soldier given a mission not expected to return from). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perdu
1. a soldier sent on a dangerous mission [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perdu
Literary usage of Perdu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Key to the Exercises in Ollendorff's New Method of Learning to Read, Write by Heinrich Gottfried Ollendorff (1851)
"Je la trouve très-mauvaise; mais depuis que j'ai perdu l'appétit, je ne trouve
rien de bon.—Combien cet emploi rapporte-t-il à votre père ? ..."
2. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"Mont perdu was ... that of the Penide, as it is alfo with the border of the
terrace near the lake of Mont perdu ; the lake ... of the beds of Mont perdu, ..."
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