9/3/06

perdu

[From French 'sentinelle perdue', forward sentry: 'sentinelle', sentinel + 'perdu', past participle of 'perdre', to lose (from Latin 'perdere', to lose)]

adj.
Hidden, concealed, obscured.

n.
Obsolete. A soldier assigned to an especially dangerous mission.

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