0 a solider who does jobs such as building bridges, repairing roads, and laying and clearing landmines (= underground bombs): --
He was a 20-year-old sapper in the Royal Engineers.
UN-trained local sappers have located and destroyed more than 10,000 antitank mines.
Originally, sappers dug "saps", or trenches, to undermine the walls of fortifications.
Like special forces and rangers, sappers must attend a specialized school where they are taught to perform under the harshest conditions.
Alan served as a sapper in the 17th Construction Engineers.
The Kazakh troops are sappers, trained to dispose of explosives.
The sappers cleared the area and detonated the shell.
NYA ORD
European
May 10, 2021
DAGENS ORD
Shimmer
sapper