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ZEPPELIN

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• ZEPPELIN (noun)
The noun ZEPPELIN has 2 senses:

1. German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)
2. a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs

Familiarity information: ZEPPELIN used as a noun is rare.

• ZEPPELIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin; Zeppelin

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Graf Zeppelin; zeppelin

Instance hypernyms:

airship; dirigible (a steerable self-propelled airship)

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(Breton proverb)
"He sold his vinyard and bought a squeezer."
(Arabic proverb)
"To make your neighbor jealous, go to bed early and get up early."
(Corsican proverb)

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