sapper

sap·per (s

1. A military engineer who specializes in sapping and other field fortification activities.

2. A military engineer who lays, detects, and disarms mines.

[From sap.]

sapper [ˈsæpə]

1. (Military) a soldier who digs trenches

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

Sapper [ˈsæpə]

(Biographies / Sapper (1888-1937) M, British, WRITING: thriller writer, sequels) 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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Noun	1.	sapper - a military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" army engineer, military engineer - a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work
	2.	sapper - a military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications) armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" army engineer, military engineer - a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work

Translations

sapper [ˈsæpəʳ] N (Brit) (Mil) → zapador m

sapper [ˈsæpə^r] n (= soldier) → soldat m du génie

sapper

n (Mil) → Pionier m

sapper [ˈsæpəʳ] n

a. (Mil) → geniere m

b. the Sappers (Brit) → il Genio

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The ordinary sapper is a great deal better educated than the common soldier, and they discussed the peculiar conditions of the possible fight with some acuteness.

The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context

The serpent was on the watch, the train was laid, the mine was preparing, the sapper and miner was at work.

The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context

There is always a breeze in the "camp," as it is called; and here it lies, just as the Romans left it, except that cairn on the east side, left by her Majesty's corps of sappers and miners the other day, when they and the engineer officer had finished their sojourn there, and their surveys for the ordnance map of Berkshire.

Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context

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