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noun German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)
noun a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs
originBorrowed from German Zeppelin. Named after Ferdinand von Zeppelin, whose surname derives from the German town name Zepelin. Doublet of cepelinas.
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