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panzer - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Noun
panzer (plural panzers)
- A tank, especially a German one of World War II.
- (attributive, sometimes capitalized) The armoured units employed by the German forces in World War II.
- ✤ A Panzer division is composed of 12,000 to 14,000 men, with 3,150 motorized vehicles of all descriptions, ranging from tanks to antitank guns, antiaircraft batteries, motorized supply units transporting food, […]1
Etymology
First attested in 1940. Borrowed from German Panzer, from Middle High German Panzer (“armour”), from Old French panciere (“coat of mail”), from Latin pantex (“paunch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpæntsə(ɹ)/, /ˈpænzə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɑːntsə(ɹ)/
- Audio (US): 🔊
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Link to original Footnotes
1940, Al Williams, Airpower, New York: Coward-McCann: ↩
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