Richthofen

American  

[rikht-hoh-fuhn] / ˈrɪxtˌhoʊ fən /

noun

1. Baron Manfred von Red BaronorRed Knight, 1892–1918, German aviator.

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Richthofen British  

/ ˈrɪçthoːfən /

noun

1. Baron Manfred von (ˈmanfreːt fɔn), nickname the Red Baron . 1892–1918, German aviator; commander during World War I of the 11th Chasing Squadron ( Richthofen's Flying Circus ). He was credited with 80 air victories before he was shot down

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Example Sentences

Not helping matters were the show’s taped introductions to the segments—breathy readings, delivered with mushy diction, of incomprehensible poems by Monty Richthofen.

From The Wall Street Journal

Aviators and air-defense units have vied to be their side’s top air ace ever since the feats of Germany’s Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, in World War I.

From The Wall Street Journal

Corman’s success prompted offers from major studios, and he directed “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” and “Von Richthofen and Brown” on normal budgets.

From Seattle Times

The war’s highest-scoring ace was a German, Baron Manfred von Richthofen.

From Literature

The sequence that perhaps best encapsulates this quality though is Snoopy as the World War I Flying Ace, and his battle with the Red Baron, aka, Manfred von Richthofen, a German fighter pilot and aristocrat who downed 80 Allied planes between 1916 and 1918.

From Salon