noun, masculine/sa.pœʁ/plural: sapeurs
sapper
Related: fumer comme un sapeur
Inherited from Middle French sappeur. By surface analysis, saper + -eur.
/sa.pœʁ/
sapper
Related: fumer comme un sapeur
Inherited from Middle French sappeur. By surface analysis, saper + -eur.
a member of the social movement known as La Sape, who dress as dandies and put great emphasis on style and physical appearance
From sape + -eur. In the context of La Sape, the word is also treated as an initialism of Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes ("Society of Ambiance-Makers and Elegant People").