saboteur

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French saboteur.

Noun

saboteur (plural saboteurs)

1. A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of his/her enemy.

See also

• sabotage
• terrorism

Translations

a person who intentionally causes the destruction of property

Chinese: 阴谋破坏 Dutch: saboteur (nl) m. Esperanto: sabotanto (eo), sabotulo (eo) Finnish: sabotööri (fi), sabotoija (fi) French: saboteur (fr) m.

Greek: δολιοφθορέας (el) (doliofthoréas) m., σαμποτέρ (el) (sampotér) m. Interlingua: saboteur Russian: саботажник (ru) Spanish: saboteador (es) m., saboteadora (es) f. Volapük: sabotan

Anagrams

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French

Etymology

sabot + -eur (where mill workers would throw their wooden shoes into the machinery to make it halt or break down.)

Noun

saboteur m. (plural saboteurs) (feminin: saboteuse)

1. saboteur

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