Zeppelin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Zeppelin	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Zeppelin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zeppelin n German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917) Synonym(s): Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs Synonym(s): zeppelin, Graf Zeppelin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zeppelin \Zep`pelin"\ (ts[ecr]p`p[etil]l[emac]"; Angl. z[ecr]p"p[esl]*l[icr]n), n. A dirigible balloon of the rigid type, consisting of a cylindrical trussed and covered frame supported by internal gas cells, and provided with means of propulsion and control. It was first successfully used by Ferdinand Count von Zeppelin.