Maxim gun

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English[edit]

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Maxim gun

Alternative forms[edit]

Maxim, maxim, maxim gun

Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

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

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