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PETER PAUL MAUSER

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PETER PAUL MAUSER (noun)
  The noun PETER PAUL MAUSER has 1 sense:

1. German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914)play

  Familiarity information: PETER PAUL MAUSER used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


PETER PAUL MAUSER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mauser; P. P. von Mauser; Peter Paul Mauser; von Mauser

Instance hypernyms:

arms manufacturer (someone who manufactures arms and munitions)

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)


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