sapper

[ sap-er ]
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noun
  1. a soldier employed in the construction of fortifications, trenches, or tunnels that approach or undermine enemy positions.

Origin of sapper

1
First recorded in 1620–30; sap2 + -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for sapper (1 of 2)

sapper

/ (ˈsæpə) /


noun
  1. a soldier who digs trenches

  2. (in the British Army) a private of the Royal Engineers

British Dictionary definitions for Sapper (2 of 2)

Sapper

/ (ˈsæpə) /


noun
  1. real name Herman Cyril McNeile . 1888–1937, British novelist, author of the popular thriller Bull-dog Drummond (1920) and its sequels

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