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sapper::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | army engineer, military engineer |
| Derivation | sap |
Examples of sapper
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Sapper decided on the spot that he didn't want to work in a large bureaucracy.
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A strong relationship with sapper, Kip, is also formed during his stay at the villa.
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Colonel Kisch, a sapper officer of many years'servicein the British Army, is chairman.
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Designation as a sapper nowadays is earned as an additional proficiency.
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Meanwhile, the 23rd Division's forward command post had been destroyed by sapper charges.
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The sapper insigna depicts 2 crossed axes, instead of a grenade for the regular infantry.
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The sapper traditionally sport large beards, wear leather aprons and gloves and hold axes.
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Sapper Smith's father Steve Smith, also from Hednesford, said it would be a fitting tribute.
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An effective way to deal with a sapper is to stop the conversation.
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- A military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines
- A military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications)
- A sapper or combat engineer is an individual soldier who performs a variety of combat engineering duties. Such tasks typically include bridge-building, laying or clearing minefields, demolitions, field defences, and building, road and airfield construction and repair. ...
- (Herman) Cyril McNeile MC (September 28, 1888 - August 14, 1937) was a British author, who published under the pen name Sapper.
- One who saps; specifically, one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like. Often known as a combat engineer or military engineer; an officer or private of the Royal Engineers
- (SAPPERS) North Vietnamese Army or Vietcong demolition commandos.
- (Sappers) Military engineers who do field fortification work. Slang for The Royal Engineers, from the late 19th century, because they amalgamated with the Royal Sappers and Miners in 1855.
- (Sappers) NVA/VC whose job it was to blow things up; also an engineer
- (Sappers) eagle with spread wings, two blowing horns, a gladius short sword, a burning grenade, crossed axes
