saboteur

Borrowed from French saboteur.

• IPA^(key): /ˌsæbəˈtɜː(ɹ)/, /ˌsæbəˈtʊə(ɹ)/

saboteur (plural saboteurs)

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

   Synonym: sabotageur

   Coordinate term: saboteuse

• hunt saboteur

• sabotage
• terrorism

• U-boaters, bears out, outbears

Borrowed from French saboteur.

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaː.boːˈtøːr/

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• Hyphenation: sa‧bo‧teur
• Rhymes: -øːr

saboteur m (plural saboteurs)

1. saboteur

• sabotage
• saboteren

From saboter (“to sabotage”) +‎ -eur, from sabot (“clog”) (where mill workers would throw their wooden clogs into the machinery to make it halt or break down).

• IPA^(key): /sa.bɔ.tœʁ/

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saboteur m (plural saboteurs, feminine saboteuse)

1. saboteur

• sabotage

• → Dutch: saboteur
• → English: saboteur
• → Swedish: sabotör

• “saboteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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