sapper
a soldier employed in the construction of fortifications, trenches, or tunnels that approach or undermine enemy positions.
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How to use sapper in a sentence
But the stage was set again; the curtain had risen; the watcher on sapper's Hill had heralded the last act.
The Heroic Record of the British Navy | Archibald HurdAlthough rainfall data are not available for Chinaj and Toocog, there are records for nearby stations (sapper, 1932).
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala | William E. DuellmanHe was a self-educated-man; he had formerly been a sapper and he was one of the best and handiest working engineers alive.
Tono Bungay | H. G. Wells"Captain wants to speak to you, sir," came the voice of the sapper from under the tarpaulin.
From Capetown to Ladysmith | G. W. SteevensDown dives the sapper, and presently his face reappears, with "Headquarters to speak to you, sir."
From Capetown to Ladysmith | G. W. Steevens
British Dictionary definitions for sapper (1 of 2)
/ (ˈsæpə) /
a soldier who digs trenches
(in the British Army) a private of the Royal Engineers
British Dictionary definitions for Sapper (2 of 2)
/ (ˈsæpə) /
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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