turboprop engine
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turboprop engine

noun

Definition of TURBOPROP ENGINE

: a jet engine designed to produce thrust principally by means of a propeller driven by a turbine with additional thrust usually obtained by the rearward discharge of hot exhaust gases

First Known Use of TURBOPROP ENGINE

1947

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