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sapper Definition

sap·per (sapər)

noun

  1. a soldier employed in digging saps, laying mines, etc.
  2. a person or thing that saps

sapper Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

ordinary: This was extremely generous, when compared to the infantryman's one shilling and the ordinary sapper 's two shillings and sixpence.

Modifies a noun

officer: The delirious sapper officer who was originally in command, disappears overboard during the night.

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