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U-boat

U-boat (plural U-boats)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. German submarine: a German submarine, especially one used during World Wars I and II

2. World War II Jewish fugitive: in a Nazi-occupied country, a Jewish fugitive from the Holocaust who went underground, moving from place to place under false papers, occasionally surfacing to get assistance from sympathizers ( slang )

[Early 20th century. Partial translation of German U-Boot, shortening of Unterseeboot "undersea boat"]
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