English noun: Zeppelin | |||
1. | Zeppelin (person) German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917) | ||
Synonyms | Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin | ||
Instance hypernym | artificer, discoverer, inventor | ||
2. | zeppelin (artifact) a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs | ||
Synonyms | Graf Zeppelin | ||
Instance hypernym | airship, dirigible | ||