Fokker
An·tho·ny Her·man Ge·rard [Dutch ahn-toh-nee her-mahn gey-rahrt], /Dutch ɑnˈtoʊ ni ˈhɛr mɑn ˈgeɪ rɑrt/, 1890–1939, Dutch airplane designer and builder.
an aircraft designed or built by Fokker, especially as used by Germany in World War I.
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How to use Fokker in a sentence
High above him, and evidently a fighting machine that had been hidden in the upper banks of the cloud, was a stiffly built Fokker.
Tam O' The Scoots | Edgar WallaceIts day of triumph at an end, it withdrew to the seclusion of its hangar, and the Fokker biplane replaced it in the air.
The Romance of Aircraft | Lawrence Yard SmithThe Fokker was driven over the town of Verdun in the course of the fight.
The Red Battle Flyer | Capt. Manfred Freiherr von RichthofenAt last I formed a resolution that I also would learn to fly a Fokker.
The Red Battle Flyer | Capt. Manfred Freiherr von RichthofenI noticed that a German Fokker was attacking three Caudron machines.
The Red Battle Flyer | Capt. Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen
British Dictionary definitions for Fokker
/ (ˈfɒkə, Dutch ˈfɔkər) /
Anthony Herman Gerard (ɑnˈtoːniː ˈhɛrman ˈxeːrɑrt). 1890–1939, Dutch designer and builder of aircraft, born in Java
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