Meaning

2 senses
  1. A massive and heavily protected fortress.

  2. A bomber aeroplane that is larger than and superior to by being technically advanced compared to the Boeing B-17 "flying fortress", specifically the Boeing B-29 long-range heavy bomber aeroplane that was developed during the early 1940s.

Origin

From super- + fortress.

From super- + fortress.

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