mitrailleuse

[ mee-tra-yœz ]
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noun,plural mi·trail·leuses [mee-tra-yœz]. /mi traˈyœz/. French.
  1. a machine gun.

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mitrailleuse

/ (ˌmɪtraɪˈɜːz) /


noun
  1. an early form of breech-loading machine gun having several parallel barrels

  2. any French machine gun

Origin of mitrailleuse

1
C19: from French, from mitraille small shot, from Old French mistraille pieces of money, from mite ²

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