Messerschmitt

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several particular types of airplane used by the German air force in the Second World War. historical
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German

Example

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"In the Philippines, as children, my brother, I, and my cousins made cardboard models of warplanes, like the Zero and the Messerschmitt. We strung them to the ceiling of the library room."

Etymology

After aircraft designer and manufacturer Willy Messerschmitt (1898–1978).

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air forcesecond world war

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