Added 9 October 2026
airship
noun
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about airship at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
Origin
From air + ship. * (jocular British sense): is in imitation of worship "form of address for magistrates et al., possibly also an oblique reference to Colonel Blimp.
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