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zeppelin definition

zep·pe·lin (zep′ə lin, zep′lin)

noun

any rigid airship: commonly used from 1900 to 1937

Etymology: after Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), Ger general who designed the original

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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