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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines;

2. a military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications);


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sapper \Sap"per\, n. [Cf. F. sapeur.] One who saps; specifically (Mil.), one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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