saboteur

[sab-uh-tur]

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noun

a person who commits or practices sabotage.

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Origin of saboteur

1920–25; < French, equivalent to sabot(er) to botch (see sabotage) + -eur -eur

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Examples from the Web for saboteur

Over the course of a convincingly dreary London winter, a love triangle forms, with David in the role of underminer and saboteur.
A Vile Love Triangle|Taylor Antrim|July 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
"If we had the answers, we could find the saboteur," Gordon pointed out.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery|Harold Leland Goodwin
If there's a saboteur aboard—and I think there is—then the whole operation's in jeopardy.
First on the Moon|Jeff Sutton
Then it can be guessed what this saboteur will think and do.
Space Platform|Murray Leinster

You are to turn it off, and to prevent the saboteur from stopping you.
Where I Wasn't Going|Walt Richmond
The presence of a saboteur on the Aztec represented a bungle in his department.
First on the Moon|Jeff Sutton

British Dictionary definitions for saboteur

saboteur

noun

a person who commits sabotage

Word Origin for saboteur

C20: from French; see sabotage

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Word Origin and History for saboteur

saboteur

1912 (from 1909 as a French word in English), a borrowing of the French agent noun from sabotage (see sabotage (n.)).

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