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zep⋅pe⋅lin

  [zep-uh-lin]
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–noun
1. (often initial capital letter) a large dirigible balloon consisting of a long, cylindrical, covered framework containing compartments or cells filled with gas, and of various structures for holding the engines, passengers, etc.
2. any rigid airship or dirigible.
Origin:
1900; after Count von Zeppelin

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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zep·pe·lin also Zep·pe·lin   (zěp'ə-lĭn)   
n.  A rigid airship having a long cylindrical body supported by internal gas cells.

[After Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.]
Zep·pe·lin   (zěp'ə-lĭn, zěp'lĭn, tsěp'ə-lēn')   
German inventor who designed and manufactured the first motorized, rigid-frame dirigible balloon (1900).
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Word Origin & History

zeppelin 
1900, from Ger. Zeppelin, short for Zeppelinschiff "Zeppelin ship," after Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), Ger. general who perfected its design.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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