Zeppelinist, n.

zeppelinist
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# Zeppelinistnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun Zeppelinist mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun Zeppelinist. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How is the noun Zeppelinist pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzɛp(ə)lᵻnɪst/
ZEP-uh-luh-nist

#### U.S. English

/ˈzɛp(ə)lənəst/
ZEP-uh-luh-nuhst

### Where does the noun Zeppelinist come from?

Earliest known use

1910s

The earliest known use of the noun Zeppelinist is in the 1910s.

OED's earliest evidence for Zeppelinist is from 1912, in Sunday St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch.

Zeppelinist is formed within English, by derivation.

Etymons: Zeppelin n., ‑ist suffix.

### Nearby entries

1. zephyr-like, adv. & adj. 1765–
2. zephyr lily, n.?1877–
3. zephyrous, adj. a1750–
4. zephyry, adj. 1791–
5. Zepp, n. 1914–
6. Zepp, v. 1914–
7. Zeppelin, n. 1896–
8. zeppelin, v. 1910–
9. Zeppelined, adj. 1915–
10. Zeppelining, n. 1915–
11. Zeppelinist, n.1912–
12. Zeppelinistic, adj. 1930–
13. Zeppelinite, n. 1909–
14. zeppole, n. 1835–
15. zepto-, comb. form
16. zeranol, n. 1971–
17. zerda, n. 1780–1860
18. zerk, n. 1926–
19. zero, n. & adj. 1604–
20. zero, v. 1813–
21. zeroable, adj. 1956–

## Etymology

### Summary

Formed within English, by derivation.
< Zeppelin n. + ‑ist suffix.

## Meaning & use

1. 1912–
   A member of the crew of a Zeppelin.
   1. 1912

      > Mr Mueller may be considered a veteran Zeppelinist, since he was in the employ of Count Zeppelin for seven months while the inventor was perfecting his ship.

      Sunday St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch 29 December (Magazine) 2/4
   2. 1915

      > The Kaiser will reward his aviators or Zeppelinists, whichever they may be, with Iron Crosses.

      Victoria (British Columbia) Daily Times 20 January 4/1
   3. 1937

      > The demons who drove and dealt death cared as little for us as the earlier Zeppelinists cared.

      F. Morison, War on Great Cities iv. 127
   4. 2006

      > Through the subplot of the Chums of Chance, a team of zeppelinists, we may have a social history as Boys' Own Adventure.

      Weekend Australia (Nexis) 23 December (Review section) 10
   air force aviation
   1. Zeppelinist 1912–
      A member of the crew of a Zeppelin.
   View in Historical Thesaurus
   1. airshipman 1904–
   2. Zeppelinist 1912–
      A member of the crew of a Zeppelin.
   View in Historical Thesaurus

## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzɛp(ə)lᵻnɪst/
ZEP-uh-luh-nist

### U.S. English

/ˈzɛp(ə)lənəst/
ZEP-uh-luh-nuhst

####

##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

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Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Forms

### Variant forms

Also with lower-case initial.

Originally published as part of the entry for Zeppelin, n.

Zeppelinist, n. was revised in June 2014.

Zeppelinist, n. was last modified in June 2025.