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Mes⋅ser⋅schmitt

  [mes-er-shmit]
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–noun
any of several types of fighter aircraft extensively used by the German air force in World War II, esp. the ME-109.
Origin:
1935–40; named after Willy Messerschmitt (1898–1978), German aircraft designer
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Messerschmitt 
type of Ger. warplane, 1940, from name of Willy Messerschmitt (1898-1978), Ger. aircraft designer.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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