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Mauser
[ mou-zer ]
noun
- Peter Paul, 1838–1914, and his brother, Wilhelm, 1834–82, German inventors of firearms.
Mauser
/ ˈmaʊzə /
noun
- a high-velocity magazine rifle
- a type of automatic pistol
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Mauser1
C19: named after P. P. von Mauser (1838–1914), German firearms inventor
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Example Sentences
Douglas Anthony Cooper recounts the heartbreaking saga of Tom Mauser, whose son was killed at Columbine.
From The Daily Beast
But the Spaniards, though apparently making no resistance, suddenly opened fire with thirty Mauser rifles.
From Project Gutenberg
It was, of course, entirely different from the Mauser, and it was impossible to get an opportunity for firing it off.
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Tiny geysers kicked themselves up where the Mauser bullets struck and skipped on the water.
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This they refused, preferring to resign and to provide arms from other sources—Mauser rifles by preference.
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One that I shot lived for nearly three hours with five soft-nosed Mauser bullets in its body.
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