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Maxim gun¹

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Named after American and British inventor Hiram Maxim (1840–1916).

proper noun the Maxim gun · Maxim guns · Maxim · maxim · maxim gun

  1. A British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War I.
  2. Any machine gun that derives in some way from Hiram Maxim's patented design.
  3. informal, obsolete A machine gun.

maxim gun²

Where it comes from

Named after American and British inventor Hiram Maxim (1840–1916).

noun the maxim gun · maxim guns

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Maxim gun

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@misc{maxim_gun_2026,
  title = {maxim gun},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/maxim%20gun},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}