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View synonyms for mitrailleuse
mitrailleuse
[ mee-tra-yœz ]
noun
, French.
, plural mi·trail·leuses [mee-t, r, a, -, yœz].
- a machine gun.
mitrailleuse
/ ˌmɪtraɪˈɜːz /
noun
- an early form of breech-loading machine gun having several parallel barrels
- any French machine gun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mitrailleuse1
C19: from French, from mitraille small shot, from Old French mistraille pieces of money, from mite ²
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Example Sentences
The first of these to be used prominently in warfare was the French mitrailleuse, used by France in the war of 1870-71.
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Even the automobile and auto-mitrailleuse men cannot follow them there.
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My good friend of the auto-mitrailleuse smiled, rose, and buttoned up his coat.
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It was called a mitrailleuse, or a gun for firing grape-shot.
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The words burst out from Sibley like bullets from a mitrailleuse.
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