sapper
Pronunciation: /ˈsæpɚ/
The English word “sapper” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- A combat engineer; an engineer or a soldier engaged in attacking, destroying, and circumventing or building fortifications, bridges, and roads; a military engineer active in a combat zone.
- An officer or private of the Royal Engineers.
- a person generally engaged in digging requiring a level of professionalism
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sappeur (French sapeur). By surface analysis, sap + -er.
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