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fritz

Speech parts

1. fritz - Noun

2. fritz - Verb

3. Fritz - Proper noun

Meaning

Fritz (plural Fritzes)

(UK, offensive, ethnic slur) A German person, usually male.

(UK, offensive) A name used to represent the German people (particularly the German armed forces) as a group.
But if Fritz is stationed in that patch of woodland, we've got no chance!
You! Fritz! Tell us where the ammunition's kept!

A diminutive of the male given name Friedrich.

(US, informal) The state of being defective.

(Australia, chiefly South Australia) A type of processed meat sausage; devon

fritz (third-person singular simple present fritzes, present participle fritzing, simple past and past participle fritzed)

(intransitive) To go wrong or become defective.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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A former psychiatric nurse, Fritz has unfailingly followed COVID-19 precautions: Since early March, Fritz hasn’t let anyone into her house, where she lives alone. Source: Internet

Alchemy In the character of Morton Opperly in "Poor Superman" (1951), speculative fiction author Fritz Leiber says of Newton, "Everyone knows Newton as the great scientist. Source: Internet

All of these will be delivered at the 2020 edition, which will focus on dark crime cinema from outside the US: (an adaptation of Fritz Lang's A Colt Is My Passport (on 35mm!) from Britain, and many more. Source: Internet

Allen Ward, Cedric Yeo, and Fritz Heichelheim, A History of the Roman People: Third Edition, 1999, Prentice-Hall, Inc. Caligula's religious policy was a departure from that of his predecessors. Source: Internet

Although Arndt was homosexual, like his great-grandfather Friedrich (Fritz) Krupp, he married but was childless. Source: Internet

Anti-ship The French Exocet missile in flight main Another major German missile development project was the anti-shipping class (such as the Fritz X and Henschel Hs 293 ), intended to stop any attempt at a cross-channel invasion. Source: Internet

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