Saboteuse

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Female equivalent of saboteur. feminine, form-of

    "‘Our spies’ are heroes or better still heroines (Nurse Cavell, who was less a spy than a saboteuse) although we can of course say nothing about them until they are caught and executed."

Example

More examples

"‘Our spies’ are heroes or better still heroines (Nurse Cavell, who was less a spy than a saboteuse) although we can of course say nothing about them until they are caught and executed."

Etymology

From French saboteuse.

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