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Fritz1|frɪts|
German nickname for Friedrich (= Frederick). Hence, esp. in the 1914–18 war, used for: a German, esp. a German soldier (as typical of the German army); also, a German shell, aircraft, submarine, etc. Also attrib.
[1883G. Meredith Let. 1 Feb. (1970) II. 684 Many of your friends have bitterly deplored the German Inundation... But..let each have his time—Fritz after Alphonse.] 1915D. O. Barnett Let. 11 June 174 By that time, of course, Fritz had made himself scarce. 1915Sphere 28 Aug. 229/1 ‘Fritz’ is the name our men have given to the latest air creation of Germany. 1916Daily Mail 1 Nov. 4/4 An effective bombardment of the enemy's lines or a successful trench raid [is] described by Tommy as ‘strafing the Fritzes’. 1919G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Lt. Infty. 54 At night it seemed probable that a patrol of a few brave men could crawl right up to the German wire and listen, or by setting foot in them enquire whether ‘Fritz’ was at home in his trenches or no. 1919J. B. Morton Barber of Putney xiv. 228 Anyone'd think you was the first bloke that ever done a Fritz in. 1932J. Dos Passos Nineteen Nineteen 377 The Fritz officer..shouted in English. 1955J. Thomas No Banners xxvi. 261, I gathered he was more of a collaborateur than anything else. He praised you Fritzes up to the skies. |