Per*du" (p&etilde;r*dū" or p&etilde;r"d&usl;), n. [See Perdu, a.] 1. One placed on watch, or in ambush.

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

{ Per*du", Per*due" } (p&etilde;r*dū" or p&etilde;r"d&usl;), 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.

2. Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless. "A perdue captain." Beau. & Fl.

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