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Military engineer   /mˈɪlətˌɛri ˈɛndʒənˈɪr/   Listen
Military engineer

noun
1.
A member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work.  Synonym: army engineer.






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"Military engineer" Quotes from Famous Books



... that all the fleet would have been stranded above the falls but for the genius of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Bailey, of Wisconsin, a military engineer who accompanied Banks's expedition. Under his direction several thousand men were set to work, and, at the end of twelve days, they had constructed a series of wing dams, through which the vessels were safely floated into the deeper water below the falls. This accomplished ...
— Dewey and Other Naval Commanders • Edward S. Ellis

... passes the Grande Rue, is a 15th century structure containing a museum on its second floor. Remains of the ancient fortifications, including seven of the flanking towers, are still to be seen. Avallon has a statue of Vauban, the military engineer. The public institutions include the subprefecture, a tribunal of first instance, and a communal college. The manufacture of biscuits and gingerbread, and of leather and farm implements is carried on, and there is considerable traffic in wood, wine, and the live-stock and agricultural ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 - "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" • Various



Words linked to "Military engineer" :   military machine, technologist, engineer, armed forces, war machine, applied scientist, sapper, military, army engineer, armed services



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