EGAVE

sapper

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A combat engineer; an engineer or a soldier engaged in attacking, destroying, and circumventing or building fortifications, bridges, and roads; a military engineer active in a combat zone.
  2. noun An officer or private of the Royal Engineers.
  3. noun a person generally engaged in digging requiring a level of professionalism

Similar words

engineer spr pioneer combat engineer engineerer enginer sanitary engineer equipmentman enginerd serviceman

Often followed by

and battalion officer hill in units was company attack

Word family

sappers

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