'Ruse de guerre' definitions:
Definition of 'Ruse de guerre'
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Ruse \Ruse\, n. [F., fr. OF. re["u]ser, rehuser, to turn aside,
to shuffle, retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref. re-
again + causa cause. See Cause, and cf. Recusant.]
An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
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Ruse de guerre[F.], a stratagem of war.
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