Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sapper

2 senses of sapper

Sense 1
sapper -- (a military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines)
       => army engineer, military engineer -- (a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work)

Sense 2
sapper -- (a military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications))
       => army engineer, military engineer -- (a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work)