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Grammar : Noun
Spell : sab-uh-tur
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsæb əˈtɜr



Definition of saboteur

Origin :
  • 1912 (from 1909 as a French word in English), a borrowing of the French agent noun from sabotage (see sabotage (n.)).
  • As in fifth column : noun secret or subversive group
  • As in enemy : noun someone hated or competed against
Example sentences :
  • Then it can be guessed what this saboteur will think and do.
  • Extract from : « Space Platform » by Murray Leinster
  • Strangely enough, Richter bothered him more than the saboteur.
  • Extract from : « First on the Moon » by Jeff Sutton
  • If there's a saboteur aboard—and I think there is—then the whole operation's in jeopardy.
  • Extract from : « First on the Moon » by Jeff Sutton
  • The presence of a saboteur on the Aztec represented a bungle in his department.
  • Extract from : « First on the Moon » by Jeff Sutton
  • In the first hours of the new morning Gotch named the saboteur.
  • Extract from : « First on the Moon » by Jeff Sutton
  • The knowledge that one of his crew was a saboteur lay constantly in his mind.
  • Extract from : « First on the Moon » by Jeff Sutton
  • But I thought we could get enough information that way to tell us who our saboteur is.
  • Extract from : « Psichopath » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • There is a saboteur—maybe more than one, we do not know—among you.
  • Extract from : « Where I Wasn't Going » by Walt Richmond
  • You are to turn it off, and to prevent the saboteur from stopping you.
  • Extract from : « Where I Wasn't Going » by Walt Richmond
  • "If we had the answers, we could find the saboteur," Gordon pointed out.
  • Extract from : « The Scarlet Lake Mystery » by Harold Leland Goodwin

Synonyms for saboteur

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