sapper

A noun referring to a military engineer whose duties include laying or detecting and disarming mines, as well as digging trenches or undermining fortifications.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее военного инженера, в обязанности которого входит установка или обнаружение и обезвреживание мин, а также рытьё траншей или подрыв укреплений.

1. Military engineer (mines) C1 formal technical

   A soldier who specializes in laying, detecting, and disarming mines and explosives.

   • The sapper carefully disarmed the landmine.
   • Sappers were deployed to clear the field of explosives.
   • He trained as a sapper in the engineering corps.

   🇷🇺Сапёр

   Синонимы: minerpioneer

2. Military engineer (sapping) C1 formal technical

   A soldier who digs trenches or tunnels to undermine enemy fortifications or approach them under cover.

   • The sappers dug a tunnel under the enemy wall.
   • Sappers worked through the night to build the trench.
   • The sapper's role was crucial in the siege.

   🇷🇺Военный инженер (сапёр)

   Синонимы: engineerminerpioneer

• sappers plural form
• sappers' possessive plural form
• sapper's possessive singular form