panzer

[ pan-zer; German pahn-tsuhr ]

adjective
  1. (especially in the German army) armored: a panzer unit.

  2. of or relating to a panzer division: a panzer attack.

noun
  1. a vehicle, especially a tank, forming part of a German panzer division.

Origin of panzer

1
1935–40; <German Panzer armor; Middle High German panzier<Old French panciere coat of mail, literally, belly piece. See paunch, -ier2

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How to use panzer in a sentence

  • panzer exaggerates the case against his own theory when he quotes only six versions as omitting the princesses (p. 122).

    Beowulf | R. W. Chambers
  • On this subject reference should be made to panzer, Studien zur germ.

    The Heroic Age | H. Munro Chadwick

British Dictionary definitions for panzer

panzer

/ (ˈpænzə, German ˈpantsər) /


noun
  1. (modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of the fast mechanized armoured units employed by the German army in World War II: a panzer attack

  2. a vehicle belonging to a panzer unit, esp a tank

  1. (plural) armoured troops

Origin of panzer

1
C20: from German, from Middle High German, from Old French panciere coat of mail, from Latin pantex paunch

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