ETYM Cf. French sapeur.
1. A military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications).
2. A military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines.
Prvobitno: vojnik, pešak; danas: kopač rovova, vojnik koji radi i opravlja vojne putove; fig. onaj koji krči nove putove, koji u nečemu prednjači, koji utire put, krčilac, začetnik nečega novog. (fr.)
Pen name of Cyril McNeile (1888-1937) British author of the adventure story Bulldog Drummond 1920 and its sequels; he was a lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Engineers until 1919.