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ZEPPELIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs

Synonyms:

Graf Zeppelin; zeppelin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

airship; dirigible (a steerable self-propelled aircraft)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin; Zeppelin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

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

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