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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

Fortress B-17, Flying Fortress originally designed to meet specifications for a bomber issued by the (then) U.S. Army Air Corps in 1934, the prototype first flew on July 28, 1935, and the first B-17B was delivered to the Army in June 1939. In the spring of 1944, twelve B-17Cs were ferried across the Atlantic for service with the British Royal Air Force, the first Fortresses to go into combat.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

for·tress / ˈfôrtrəs/ • n. a military stronghold, esp. a strongly fortified town fit for a large garrison. ∎ a heavily protected and impenetrable building. ∎ fig. a person or thing not susceptible to outside influence or disturbance: he had proved himself to be a fortress of moral rectitude.

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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

fortress.
1. Castle, or strong defensive military structure of bastions, earthworks, ramparts, walls, etc., far grander than a fort.

2. Town or city with a citadel and surrounded by fortifications.

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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "fortress." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

fortress XIII. — (O)F. forteresse strong place :- Rom. *fortaritia, f. L. fortis, strong.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

fortress •arris, Clarice, Harries, Harris, Paris •mattress • actress • benefactress •Polaris • enchantress •derris, Nerys, terrace •Emrys • empress •directress, Electress •temptress • sempstress •Apollinaris, heiress •waitress • seamstress • ex libris •headmistress, mistress •housemistress • toastmistress •schoolmistress • ancestress •dentifrice •iris, Osiris •tigress, Tigris •cypress •Boris, doch-an-dorris, Doris, Horace, Maurice, Norris, orris •cantoris, Dolores, loris •laundress • fortress • jointress •hubris • buttress •conductress, instructress, seductress •huntress • peeress • Beatrice •arbitress • berberis • anchoress •ephemeris • ambassadress •adventuress • clitoris • authoress •avarice

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