Lewis gun

noun

a light, air-cooled, gas-operated machine gun with a circular magazine, first used in World War I.

Also called Lewis automatic, Lewis machine gun.

Origin:
1910–15; named after I. N. Lewis

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Lewis gun

—n
	a light air-cooled drum-fed gas-operated machine gun used chiefly in World War I

[C20: named after I. N. Lewis (1858--1931), US soldier]

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