combat engineer
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combat engineer (plural combat engineers)
- (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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