Library / English Dictionary

MAUSER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Trademark for a repeating rifle or pistol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Mauser" is a kind of...):

repeater; repeating firearm (a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading)

Sense 2

Meaning:

German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914)

Synonyms:

Mauser; P. P. von Mauser; Peter Paul Mauser; von Mauser

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

arms manufacturer (someone who manufactures arms and munitions)

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

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