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sapeur

/sa.pœʁ/

noun, masculine/sa.pœʁ/plural: sapeurs

sapper

Related: fumer comme un sapeur

Inherited from Middle French sappeur. By surface analysis, saper + -eur.

noun, masculine/sa.pœʁ/plural: sapeurs

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").