Category:Perdu

Per*du", n. Etym: [see perdu, a.]

1. One placed on watch, or in ambush.

2. A soldier sent on a forlorn hope. Shak.

Perdu; perdue Per*du", per*due", a. Etym: [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.