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Krupp   /krəp/   Listen
Krupp

noun
1.
German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp; his firm provided ordnance for German armies from the 1840s through World War II (1812-1887).  Synonym: Alfred Krupp.
2.
German industrialist who manufactured steel in Essen (1787-1826).  Synonym: Friedrich Krupp.






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"Krupp" Quotes from Famous Books



... The Krupp bellowed from the enemy's north position, and cleverly lobbed a seven-pound shell not far behind that rapidly-moving, distant pillar of dust, the nucleus of which was a little troop of cantering Irregulars, and not far in front of the lower, slower-moving cloud, the heart of which ...
— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

... appear virtuous in our eyes and we see now, it is not so much a woman's duty to bring children into the world, as to see what sort of a world she is bringing them into, and what their contribution will be to it. Bertha Krupp has made good guns and the German women have raised good soldiers—if guns and soldiers can be called "good"—and between them they have manned the most terrible and destructive war machine that the world has ever known. We are not grateful to ...
— In Times Like These • Nellie L. McClung

... that we gave the Krupp works hell for about fifteen or twenty minutes. You should have seen ...
— Our Pilots in the Air • Captain William B. Perry

... a banquet to the delegates of Alsace-Lorraine, after having refused to hear their complaints. At the same table with them he invites Herr Krupp to sit, in order to remind the people of the annexed provinces of the cannons which defeated France and will defeat her again. Here we have a reproduction of the Roman Empire in decay. The power of the conqueror, imposed in all its pomp ...
— The Schemes of the Kaiser • Juliette Adam



Words linked to "Krupp" :   Friedrich Krupp, industrialist, arms manufacturer, Alfred Krupp



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