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ambush
English
Etymology
From Middle English enbuschen, from Old French enbuscier, anbuchier (verb) (whence Middle French embusche (noun)), from Old French en- + Vulgar Latin boscus (“wood”), from Frankish *busk (“bush”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, heavy stick”). Compare ambuscade. The change to am- from earlier forms in en- is unexplained. More at bush.
Pronunciation
- (General Australian, US, UK) IPA(key): /?æm.b??/
Noun
ambush (plural ambushes)
- The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
- An attack launched from a concealed position.
- The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
ambush (third-person singular simple present ambushes, present participle ambushing, simple past and past participle ambushed)
- (transitive) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
- 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour
- By ambush'd men behind their temple laid / We have the king of Mexico betray'd.
- 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour
- (transitive) To attack by ambush; to waylay.
Derived terms
- ambushable
Translations
Further reading
- ambush at OneLook Dictionary Search
- ambush in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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committee
English
Alternative forms
- cttee (contraction)
- cmte (contraction)
Etymology
From commit +? -ee, else revival of Anglo-Norman commite, past participle of commettre (“to commit”), from Latin committere, from con- (“with”) + mittere (“to send”). The OED3 prefers the first etymology.
Pronunciation
- group of persons
- enPR: k?-m?t??, IPA(key): [k??m?t.i]
- Rhymes: -?ti
- person in charge of another
- (UK) IPA(key): [k?m??ti?]
- Rhymes: -i?
- (US) enPR: käm-?-t??, IPA(key): [k?m??ti?]
- Rhymes: -i?
Noun
committee (plural committees)
- A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.
- (archaic) A guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after himself or herself.
Hyponyms
- program committee
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? French: comité (see there for further descendants)
Translations
Further reading
- committee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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