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JOHN M. BROWNING
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• JOHN M. BROWNING (noun)
The noun JOHN M. BROWNING has 1 sense:
1. United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
Familiarity information: JOHN M. BROWNING used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Browning; John M. Browning; John Moses Browning
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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