sapper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines
  2. noun a military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications)

WordNet


Sap"per noun
Etymology
Cf. F. sapeur.
Definitions
  1. One who saps; specifically (Mil.), one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like.

Webster 1913