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Max⋅im

  [mak-sim; for 4 also Fr. mak-seem, Russ. muh-ksyeem]
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–noun
1. Hiram Percy, 1869–1936, U.S. inventor.
2. his father, Sir Hiram Stevens, 1840–1916, English inventor, born in the U.S.: inventor of the Maxim gun.
3. Hudson, 1853–1927, U.S. inventor and explosives expert (brother of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim).
4. a male given name, form of Maximilian.
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Maxim 
single-barreled, water-cooled machine gun, 1885, named for inventor, U.S.-born British engineer Sir Hiram S. Maxim (1840-1916).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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