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Sten gun
noun
a British light submachine gun.
Also called
Sten.
Origin:
1940–45;
R.V.
S
(
hepherd
) + H.J.
T
(
urpin
), the designers +
En
(
field
), England
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Sten gun
(stɛn)
—
n
a light 9 mm sub-machine-gun formerly used in the British Army and Commonwealth forces, developed during World War II
[C20: from
s
and
t
(initials of Shepherd and Turpin, the inventors) +
-en,
as in
Bren gun
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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