combat engineer

English

Noun

combat engineer (plural combat engineers)

1. (military) A soldier employed to carry out engineering tasks in support of land forces during combat operations, facilitating the mobility of friendly forces while impeding that of the enemy.

   Synonyms: field engineer, pioneer, (traditionally) sapper

   • 2007, Stanley Weintraub, 15 Stars: Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall, page 325:

     With him were 60,000 combat engineers for multiple bridgings of the river, and hundreds of thousands of tons of supplies, landing craft, and amphibious vehicles.

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戰地工兵／战地工兵

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• Finnish: pioneeri (fi)
• French: ingénieur militaire m
• German: Pionier (de) m, Pionierin (de) f, Militäringenieur m, Militäringenieurin f
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• Polish: saper (pl) m, saperka (pl) f
• Romanian: pionier (ro) m, pionieră (ro) f, genist (ro) m, genistă f
• Russian: вое́нный инжене́р m (vojénnyj inženér)
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• Vietnamese: công binh (vi)