Maxim gun

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Maxim gun

  1. (firearms) A British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War II.
  2. (firearms) A machine gun which derives after some manner from the patented gun mechanism of Sir Hiram Maxim
  3. (firearms, informal, obsolete) A machine gun

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