Definitions for sapper

sapper sap·per

Spelling: [sap-er]
IPA: /ˈsæp ər/

Sapper is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in sapper (aepprs).

Definitions for sapper

noun

  1. a soldier employed in the construction of fortifications, trenches, or tunnels that approach or undermine enemy positions.

Origin of sapper

First recorded in 1620-30; sap2 + -er1

Examples for sapper

Yes, every sin is a miner and sapper for a larger army in the rear.

Her heart had entered on a course of heavy thumping, like a sapper in the mine.

Nothing is sacred to a sapper,—nor to a milliner, unless it is new.

Nothing was sacred from that mimic any more than from a sapper.

You told me, did you not, that you could no longer appear in the character of the sapper?

He was called the sapper, because he had served in the Engineers.

The victim I had to attend to was sapper Lohmer, a good Socialist.

Then what was her business with those spies, the sapper and Nonet?

"There was a sapper of that name whom we met at Simla once, my dear," replied the Colonel.

But the sapper was free; 'free' was my last conscious thought.

Word Value for sapper
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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