perdu

per·du

or per·due (pər-do͞o′, -dyo͞o′)

n. Obsolete

A soldier sent on an especially dangerous mission.

[French perdu, masculine past participle, and perdue, feminine past participle (as in sentinelle perdue, lost sentry, sentry posted in a position in which death is likely) of perdre, to lose, from Latin perdere; see perdition.]

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perdu

(ˈpɜːdjuː) or

perdue

adj

1. (Military) obsolete (of a soldier) placed on hazardous sentry duty

2. (Military) obsolete (of a soldier) placed in a hazardous ambush

3. (of a person or thing) hidden or concealed

4. (Military) obsolete a soldier placed on hazardous sentry duty

5. (Military) obsolete a soldier placed in a hazardous ambush

[C16: via French: lost, from perdre to lose, from Latin perdere to destroy]

Perdu

(pɛrdy)

(Placename) Mont Perdu the French name for (Monte) Perdido

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per•du

or per•due

(pərˈdu, -ˈdyu, pɛr-)

adj., n., pl. -dus or -dues. adj.

1. hidden; concealed; obscured.

2. Obs. a soldier assigned to a very dangerous mission or position.

[1585–95; < French: lost, past participle of perdre < Latin perdere to lose; see perdition]

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While he lay perdu in Steward's stateroom, his voice was the one thing that was not to be heard, so Kwaque was forced to seek the solace of his jews' harp in the sweltering heat of the gratings over the fire-room.

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Besides, a big house here, and especially in this quartier perdu, proves nothing at all: it is perfectly compatible with a state of penury.

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En depit de sa victoire, l'aventure du club guineen a pris fin apres avoir lourdement perdu 0-3 au match aller du tour preliminaire, joue le week-end dernier en Algerie.

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Magistrates took just minutes to clear Otto Prins of the alleged Halloween attack on 19-year-old Lauryn Parker at Perdu.

Doorman cleared of attack on teen; bouncer's licence still suspended by watchdog

Nous avons perdu tout un pan de production car la crise et l'importation ont contraint de nombreuses entreprises a mettre la cle sous le paillasson.

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A bouncer accused of battering a teenage girl in Perdu has been BARRED from working the doors.

Perdu 'attack': Sacked bouncer has now been BARRED from working on any doors; Facebook footage of alleged attack on teenager at Perdu went viral on Facebook, and Northumbria Police is still probing the footage

Lauryn Parker claims she was left bruised and shocked after a burly bouncer repeatedly kneed her and held her to a flight of stairs in the Perdu nightclub in Newcastle.

Bouncer sacked over shocking video of him kneeing teenage girl in alleged Halloween assault; Lauryn Parker, 19, claims she was assaulted in Newcastle bar Perdu by a burly bouncer

Abdul Jelilou Ouro Kefia is accused of leaving Thomas Skidmore with serious injuries at Perdu, on Newcastle's 'Diamond Strip'.

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