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sapper

sap·per

UK/ˈsæpɚ/ US/ˈsæpɜr/ uncommon uk

noun

1.

a military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines

2.

a military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications)

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French sappeur (French sapeur). By surface analysis, sap + -er.

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