superfortress
noun
1A very large and heavily defended fortress.
2A bomber aeroplane larger and more technically advanced than the Boeing B-17 ‘flying fortress’; specifically (an informal name for) the Boeing B-29 long-range heavy bomber aeroplane developed in the early 1940s.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in The Manchester Guardian.
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