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Meaning of PERDU

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Per*du"\, n. [See {Perdu}, a.]
    1. One placed on watch, or in ambush.
    2. A soldier sent on a forlorn hope. --Shak.
    
  2. \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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