combat engineer

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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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