different between saboteur vs counterworker

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French saboteur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæb??t??(?)/, /?sæb??t??(?)/

Noun

saboteur (plural saboteurs)

1. A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of his/her enemy.

   Synonym: sabotageur

Translations

See also

• sabotage
• terrorism

Anagrams

• U-boaters, bears out, outbears

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French saboteur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?.bo??tø?r/
• Hyphenation: sa?bo?teur
• Rhymes: -ø?r

Noun

saboteur m (plural saboteurs)

1. saboteur

Related terms

• sabotage
• saboteren

French

Etymology

saboter (“to sabotage”) +? -eur, from sabot (“clog”) (where mill workers would throw their wooden clogs into the machinery to make it halt or break down.)

Pronunciation

Noun

saboteur m (plural saboteurs, feminine saboteuse)

1. saboteur

Descendants

• ? Dutch: saboteur
• ? English: saboteur

Further reading

• “saboteur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• bouteras

English

Etymology 1

counter +? worker

Noun

counterworker (plural counterworkers)

1. (rare) One who works at a counter.
   • 1983, Lester Schwartz, Irv Brechner, The career finder

     When a desired part is not in stock, the counterworker must be able to suggest a different, though interchangeable, part.

Etymology 2

counter- +? worker

Noun

counterworker (plural counterworkers)

1. (rare) One who works against something; a saboteur.
   • 1880, Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh, The Sunday magazine

     In the midst of this serene sunshine there was a malignant counterworker...