mitrailleur

English

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French term mitrailleuse.

Noun

mitrailleur (plural mitrailleurs)

1. (UK, military, obsolete) A rapid-fire team-served musket or rifle.
2. (UK, military, obsolete) The person in charge of such a weapon.

Synonyms

• battery gun (American English)

Hyponyms

• Gatling gun

Related terms

• mitraille
• mitraillade
• mitrailleuse

Usage notes

Used in the 19th century to refer to the semi-automatic rapid-fire volley guns, coffee mill guns, organ guns and the like, now frequently called hand-cranked machine guns

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French mitrailleur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmi.treːˈjøːr/, (less common) /ˌmi.traːi̯ˈjøːr/

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• Hyphenation: mi‧trail‧leur
• Rhymes: -øːr

Noun

mitrailleur m (plural mitrailleurs, diminutive mitrailleurtje n)

1. machine-gun [from mid 19th c.]

Synonyms

• machinegeweer

Related terms

• mitrailleuse

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.tʁa.jœʁ/, /mi.tʁɑ.jœʁ/

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Noun

mitrailleur m (plural mitrailleurs, feminine mitrailleuse)

1. machine-gunner

Further reading

• “mitrailleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.