Hypertext Webster Gateway: "perdu"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perdu \Per*du"\, n. [See {Perdu}, a.]
1. One placed on watch, or in ambush.
2. A soldier sent on a forlorn hope. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perdu \Per*du"\, Perdue \Per*due"\, a. [F. perdu, f. perdue,
lost, p. p. of perdre to lose, L. perdere. See {Perdition}.]
1. Lost to view; in concealment or ambush; close.
He should lie perdue who is to walk the round.
--Fuller.
2. Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises;
hence, reckless; hopeless. ``A perdue captain.'' --Beau. &
Fl.
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