Embusqué

Embusqué
A French term that means a man who avoids military service by obtaining a government occupation. The term carries a negative connotation as it originates from the word, embusquer, to lie in ambush or to neglect responsibilities.

Rosa Coldfield's father is an embusqué who silently opposes the town's support of the War, because of his religious and moral values.

//They will have told you: daughter of an embuseque who had to turn to a demon, a villain...// -AA, 137