ambuscado

[ am-buh-skey-doh ]

noun

, Obsolete.

, plural am·bus·ca·dos.

1. ambuscade.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ambuscado¹

1585–95; pseudo-Spanish alteration of ambuscade

Example Sentences

So, as I said, he came up with his train to the gate, and laid his ambuscado for Captain Resistance within bow-shot of the town.

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If they mean any treachery, such as a decoy and ambuscado, why, by my conscience!

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Death himself had me by the heels, for this was his last ambuscado, and he must now join personally in the fray.

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Had these two had wind of the ambuscado and crept out by another door?

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