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saboteuse

saboteuse is the female equivalent of saboteur.

Meaning of saboteur

Noun

saboteur (plural saboteurs)

  1. A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.
    • The condemnation of 'Menshevizing idealists' and mechanists led to a flood of articles and dissertations whose authors echoed the party decrees and vied with one another in expressing indignation at the insidious plots of the philosophical saboteurs.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in...
    Synonyms:
    sabotageur

Forms of saboteuse

pluralsaboteuses

Origin of saboteuse

From French saboteuse.

Questions about saboteuse

What is saboteuse the female equivalent of?
Saboteuse is the female equivalent of saboteur.

Words near saboteuse in the dictionary

  1. sabotageurs
  2. sabotaging
  3. saboted
  4. saboteur
  5. saboteurs
  6. saboteuse
  7. saboteuses
  8. sabotier
  9. sabotiere
  10. sabotieres
  11. sabotiers

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