engagé
engagé noun: someone serving under a contract of engagement.
Noun
engagé (plural engagés)
- Someone serving under a contract of engagement.
- In 1705, "un nommé Laurain" having been up the Missouri River, there met native groups who had knowledge of the Spaniards, and in 1706 two Canadiens had spent two years status, like François-Marie Perrot, who began as a lowly engagé for the Jesuits and over the years became an influential explorer...1974, Preston Holder, The Hoe and the Horse on the Plains: A Study of Cultural Development, →ISBN
- For the seasonal engagé – the “porkeater” going to Grand Portage – the engagement provided an extra source of income to supplement a primary occupation elsewhere.2004, Heather Devine, The People who Own Themselves, →ISBN
Adjective
engagé (comparative more engagé, superlative most engagé)
- Passionately committed to a cause.
- Fortunately, most scholars, engagé or not, are willing to deal with differing ponts of view.1983, Latin American Research Review - Volume 18, page 90
- Moreover, when Ulibarrí's subsequent works are published by Chicano presses (Justa, The Bilingual Press, Arte Público), he joins the brother-and sisterhood of Chicano literati—the engagé as well as those who would write to delect and entertain rather than to inspire revolutions.1993, Sabine R. Ulibarrí, Tierra Amarilla: Stories of New Mexico, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- engaged
Examples of engagé in a sentence
- A moment later he seemed to form a resolution, and turned to his engagé, who was standing a few paces from him.2013, Gustave Aimard, The Buccaneer Chief: A Romance of the Spanish Main, →ISBN:
- Eliot and the Soviet example of literary realism advocated by New Masses editor and author Michael Gold, Farrell called for an art both engagé and free.2003, James T. Farrell, Young Lonigan, →ISBN:
Synonyms of engagé
Forms of engagé
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | engagés |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more engagé |
| superlative | most engagé |
Origin of engagé
From French engagé. Doublet of engagee.
Questions about engagé
- What does engagé mean?
- Engagé means someone serving under a contract of engagement.
- How do you use engagé in a sentence?
- A moment later he seemed to form a resolution, and turned to his engagé, who was standing a few paces from him.
- What part of speech is engagé?
- Engagé can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of engagé?
- The plural of engagé is engagés.
Words near engagé in the dictionary
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