ZEPPELIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zeppelin mean? 

• ZEPPELIN (noun)
  The noun ZEPPELIN has 2 senses:

1. German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)

2. a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs

  Familiarity information: ZEPPELIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZEPPELIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin; Zeppelin

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Graf Zeppelin; zeppelin

Instance hypernyms:

airship; dirigible (a steerable self-propelled aircraft)