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maxim gun

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables
max-im -gun
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War II.

name

A machine gun which derives after some manner from the patented gun mechanism of Sir Hiram Maxim

name

A machine gun

Informal; Obsolete

Etymology

After the inventor, Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916).

Usage

Inflected Forms

Maxim (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

base-stabilized machine gun heavy machine gun water-cooled machine gun water-jacketed machine gun

Questions

What does maxim gun mean?
A British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War II.
Where does maxim gun come from?
After the inventor, Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916).

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