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noun

a self-propelled, lighter-than-air aircraft with means of controlling the direction of flight; dirigible.

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airplane, craft, ship, jet, blimp, helicopter, balloon, airliner, chopper, aircraft, plane, cab, crate, bird, airbus, dirigible, bladder, zeppelin, UFO, kite

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Origin of airship

1810–20, for an earlier sense; air1 + ship1

air-ship

[air-ship]

verb (used with object), air-shipped, air-ship·ping.

to send or ship via aircraft: to air-ship machine parts overseas.

Origin of air-ship

First recorded in 1950–1955
Related formsair-ship·pa·ble, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for airship

airship

noun

a lighter-than-air self-propelled craftAlso called: dirigible, zeppelin
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Word Origin and History for airship

airship

n.

also air-ship, 1888, translating German Luftschiff "motor-driver dirigible;" see air (n.1) + ship (n.).

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