saboteur
pronunciation
How to pronounce saboteur in British English:
UK [ˌsæbəˈtɜ:(r)]
How to pronounce saboteur in American English:
US [ˌsæbəˈtə]
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- Noun:
- someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
- a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
Word Origin
- saboteur (n.)
- 1912 (from 1909 as a French word in English), a borrowing of the French agent noun from sabotage (see sabotage (n.)).
Example
- 1. Lt looks more and more like a saboteur on board .
- 2. There is a saboteur among us .
- 3. I think our attitude should be one of unity towards every comrade , no matter who , provided he is not a hostile element or a saboteur .
- 4. Are you a self saboteur ?
- 5. I was accused of being an archfascist , a saboteur and the instigator of a resistance movement .