Ambuscade is an ambush, or the persons concealed or their position.
Ambuscade es una emboscada o las personas ocultas en ella o su posición.
| Front | ambuscade \AM-buh-skayd\ |
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| Back | noun An ambush; also: the persons so concealed or their position. ["Ambuscade" derives from Middle French "embuscade," a modification of an Old Italian word formed by combining the prefix "in-" and the Latin noun "bosco," meaning "forest." This is appropriate, since many such surprise attacks have involved the attacking force hiding out in and emerging from a wooded area. "Ambuscade" has not changed in meaning since General Washington’s day, though nowadays we are more likely to use its synonym "ambush." That word actually took a slightly different path to English -- via Middle English "embushen," from Anglo-French "en-" ("in-") and "busche" ("log" or "firewood") -- though the two words ultimately share a relationship.] |
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