Fokker

[ fok-er; Dutch fok-uhr ]

noun

1. An·tho·ny Her·man Ge·rard [ahn-, toh, -nee , her, -mahn , gey, -, r, ah, r, t], 1890–1939, Dutch airplane designer and builder.
2. an aircraft designed or built by Fokker, especially as used by Germany in World War I.

Fokker

/ ˈfɒkə; ˈfɔkər /

noun

1. FokkerAnthony Herman Gerard18901939MDutchJavanTECHNOLOGY: aircraft designerTECHNOLOGY: aircraft builder Anthony Herman Gerard (ɑnˈtoːniː ˈhɛrman ˈxeːrɑrt). 1890–1939, Dutch designer and builder of aircraft, born in Java

Example Sentences

High above him, and evidently a fighting machine that had been hidden in the upper banks of the cloud, was a stiffly built Fokker.

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Its day of triumph at an end, it withdrew to the seclusion of its hangar, and the Fokker biplane replaced it in the air.

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The Fokker was driven over the town of Verdun in the course of the fight.

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At last I formed a resolution that I also would learn to fly a Fokker.

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I noticed that a German Fokker was attacking three Caudron machines.

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