a German family of steel and armaments manufacturers, including Alfred, 1812–87, his son Friedrich Alfred, 1854–1902, and the latter's son-in-law, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, 1870–1950
Krupp in American English
(krʌp; German kʀʊp)
noun
name of a family of Ger. steel & munitions manufacturers in the 19th & 20th cent.