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Zep⋅pe⋅lin

[tsep-uh-leen, tsep-uh-leen; Eng. zep-uh-lin]
–noun
Count Fer⋅di⋅nand von [fer-di-nahnt fuhn] , 1838–1917, German general and aeronaut: designer and manufacturer of the zeppelin.
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zeppelin 
1900, from Ger. Zeppelin, short for Zeppelinschiff "Zeppelin ship," after Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), Ger. general who perfected its design.
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