combat engineer en · NOUN
Meanings
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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.
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.
2007, Stanley Weintraub, 15 Stars: Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall, page 325:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| combat engineers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
sapper · field engineer · pioneer
Translations (17)
ro pionier (Translations) · de Militäringenieurin (Translations) · de Pionier (Translations) · tr kazmacı (Translations) · ro pionieră (Translations) · pl saperka (Translations) · pl saper (Translations) · ro genistă (Translations) · de Militäringenieur (Translations) · de Pionierin (Translations) · fi pioneeri (Translations) · ro genist (Translations) · ota قازمهجی. لغمجی (Translations) · fr ingénieur militaire (Translations) · vi công binh (Translations) · ru вое́нный инжене́р (Translations) · cmn 戰地工兵 /战地工兵 (Translations)