Etymology

saboteur

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Today it means: A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy. Full definition →

French saboteur ← Middle French savate
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  1. Middle Frenchsavate
  2. Frenchsabot
  3. Frenchsaboter
  4. Frenchsaboteur
  5. English todaysaboteur

Borrowed from French saboteur.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.