Sapper

Sap′per

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

sapeur

.]

One who saps; specifically

(Mil.)

, one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like.

Sapper

SAP'PER

,

Noun.

One who saps. In an army, sappers and miners are employed in working at saps, to protect soldiers in their approach to a besieged place, or to undermine the works.

sapper

English

Noun

sapper ‎(plural sappers)

One who saps; specifically, one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like. Often known as a combat engineer or military engineer.
(Britain, colloquial) An officer or private of the Royal Engineers.

Translations

one who saps; combat engineer

Catalan: sapador
Chinese:
Mandarin: 工兵 (zh) ‎(gōngbīng)
Czech: ženista m
Danish: sappør
Dutch: sappeur
French: sapeur (fr) m
German: Sappeur (de) m

Greek: σκαπανέας (el) m ‎(skapanéas)
Ancient: σκαπανεύς m ‎(skapaneús)
Italian: zappatore (it), geniere
Japanese: 工兵 (ja) ‎(こうへい, kōhei)
Norman: sapeur m
Korean: 공병 (ko) ‎(gongbyeong) (gongbyeong)
Polish: saper (pl) m
Portuguese: sapador
Russian: сапёр (ru) m ‎(sapjór)
Spanish: zapador m
Swedish: sappör

officer or private

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Sapper

SAP'PER

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