saboteur

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sab·o·teur

[sab-uh-tur]
noun
a person who commits or practices sabotage.

Origin:
1920–25; < French, equivalent to sabot(er) to botch (see sabotage) + -eur -eur
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Saboteur is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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  • In the final vignette, a saboteur plants a bomb in a factory and must escape before it goes off.
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saboteur (ˌsæbəˈtɜː)
 
n
a person who commits sabotage
 
[C20: from French; see sabotage]

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