Noun: zeppelin ze-pu-lin
- A large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs
"The Hindenburg was a famous zeppelin that met a tragic end"
- German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)
- Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Derived forms: Zeppelins, zeppelins
Type of: airship, artificer, dirigible [N. Amer], discoverer, inventor
Encyclopedia: Zeppelin, Led