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perdue

perdue is the alternative spelling of perdu.

Meaning of perdu

Adjective

perdu (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Stationed in an exposed or hazardous position; hidden in ambush. Originally as sentinel perdu.
    • a perdue captainc. 1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Loyal Subiect”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I...
  2. (archaic) In a dangerous situation; lost, desperate.
    • Among certain grizzled sea-gossips of the gun decks and forecastle went a rumor perdue […]1924, Herman Melville, chapter 7, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.
  3. (archaic) Hidden; concealed from sight. Chiefly with lie.
    • He should lie Perdue who is to walk the round.1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC

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Proper noun capitalized: Perdue

Perdue (countable and uncountable, plural Perdues)

  1. A surname.
    • Earlier this week, the two GOP senators, Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, fighting for reelection, demanded Raffensperger resign from office, accusing him without evidence of failing to “deliver honest and transparent elections.”2020 November 11, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Georgia to conduct full by-hand count of presidential race ballots, secretary of state says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2023
    • The headwinds pushing against Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue have been gusting out of the Oval Office, Mar-a-Lago and the golf course from where Trump has been battling the results of the November election with a barrage of falsehoods and limp lawsuits.2020 December 29, Frida Ghitis, “Trump has set Republicans up to fail in Georgia”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2022
  2. A rural municipality in mid Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Perdue No. 346.
  3. A village within the rural municipality in Saskatchewan.

Forms of perdue

Noun
pluralperdues
Proper noun
pluralPerdues

Origin of perdue

Variant of Pardew.

Phrases with perdue

Questions about perdue

What does perdue mean?
Perdue means a surname.
What is perdue the alternative spelling of?
Perdue is the alternative spelling of perdu.
What part of speech is perdue?
Perdue is a proper noun.

Words near perdue in the dictionary

  1. Perdomo
  2. Perdomos
  3. perdricide
  4. perdricides
  5. perdu
  6. perdue
  7. perduellion
  8. perdues
  9. perdulous
  10. perdurability
  11. perdurable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perdue (page history and authors); Perdue (page history and authors); perdu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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